[Sunhelp] About top

[Dale Ghent]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, John Lee wrote:

| Hello,
| 
| I found the output of the tool "top" and the solaris command
| "/usr/ucb/ps -aux" are very similar. So my question is: Do we need the tool
| "top" in Solaris ?

First, top is not a standard commmand included with any version of
Solaris. It is freeware.

Second, although the formatting may be the same, top is useful for
those that dont want to sit there doing /usr/ucb/ps -aux every
several seconds. Wouldnt that be aparent?

/dale