Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:31884 comp.unix.xenix.sco:2688 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wshb!wcsn!ken From: ken@wcsn.csms.com (Kenneth D. Fox WCSN Sr. Operations Engineer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: VMSTAT Keywords: question Message-ID: <162@wcsn.csms.com> Date: 31 May 91 15:05:14 GMT Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Organization: WCSN, Christian Science Mon. Synd., Scotts Corner, Maine, USA Lines: 33 I have a question about the and commands. First I should tell you that I am not a veteran uni* user. I would like to know (in plan english) what the output of this command is telling me. procs paging system cpu r b w si so ch cm ffr swr sww rec shf shc cpy pf in sy cs us su id 1 35 0 242 264 59101 20218 20218 3422 4092 11547 188289 25300 56957 2286554 3171315 3922640 350882 1 1 98 Is there an easy way to interpret the data. I assume that this data is used to "tune" the operating system. I have read the manual. Thank You, KEN Ham Radio: N1HTI (No One's Happy Tax Increase!) -- Kenneth D. Fox--Senior Operations Engineer WCSN - An International Broadcast Station of The Christian Science Monitor Syndicate, Inc. "Wisdom...comes not from age, but from education and learning" ---Anton Checkhov