Single command that outputs "system status"?

J65nko j65nko at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 03:05:36 UTC 2007


On 1/21/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's easy to write a shell script that dumps/mails the output of
> several "status" commands (eg, "df -k", "crontab -l", "ps -aux -www",
> "top -n -d 1 infinity", "w -d", "mailq -v", "netstat -a", "vmstat",
> etc) every hour, but I'm wondering if I'm re-inventing the wheel.
>
> Is there a FreeBSD command that reports "system status", either an
> existing shell script that does the above, or something that talks to
> the kernel at a lower level and reports all relevant values?
>
> I know about /etc/periodic/*/*status*, but this seems both excessive
> in places (I don't really need rejected email info, for example) and
> incomplete (I don't think it gives me all the information the commands
> above do).
>
> I also know about mrtg, but that seems more geared toward graphing
> and storing historical information and seems limited as well.
>
> I realize this question is ambiguous. I guess what I'm really asking
> is: is there a FreeBSD tool *designed* to report system status on a
> regular basis, that I could use as the basis of an hourly reporting
> system, even if I had to add/tweak some stuff myself.
>

Although may be not exactly what you want
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31072
It could be a start ;)


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