[geeks] vmstat modification

[Will Mc Donald]

From: "David Cantrell" <david at cantrell.org.uk>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 12:58:25PM -0700, William S. wrote:
> > I tried running it and it just hung there.
> > Maybe it's the version I have and the fact
> > it is a Linux OS. Are you using Solaris/SUN
> > with that?
>
> I was rather surprised by that solution - pipes are buffered* and so you
> won't get any output immediately, and when you do start getting output,
> it's going to be very bursty.
>
> * - at least, they appear to be when I try it on this 'ere Linux box.

I have to admit, it wasn't particularly tried and tested. :)

I just gave it a quick try on whatever box I was connected to (linux,
2.4.something) and it *seemed* OK. Same for Solaris, I didn't leave it
running for more than a couple of itterations.