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1.1       root        1: .TH VISMON 9.1
                      2: .CT 1 sa_mortals comm_users
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: vismon, sysmon, vwhois \- system statistics and mail notification
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B vismon
                      7: [
                      8: .BI - n
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .B -m
                     12: ]
                     13: [
                     14: .I system ...
                     15: ]
                     16: .PP
                     17: .B sysmon
                     18: [
                     19: .BI - n
                     20: ]
                     21: [
                     22: .B -m
                     23: ]
                     24: [
                     25: .I system ...
                     26: ]
                     27: .PP
                     28: .B vwhois
                     29: .I person
                     30: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     31: .I Vismon
                     32: monitors use of one or more Unix
                     33: .I systems.
                     34: It displays time of day, announcements,
                     35: and CPU usage statistics.
                     36: .PP
                     37: CPU usage is reported as a numerical load average (average number
                     38: of runnable processes) and its change in the last
                     39: minute, and a bar graph showing, left-to-right, the
                     40: proportion of CPU time spent in: default-priority user processes,
                     41: low priority (nice) processes, system kernel, stream I/O, and idle time.
                     42: .PP
                     43: Arrival of mail or communications via
                     44: .IR wall (8)
                     45: or
                     46: .IR write (1)
                     47: is announced.
                     48: Mail announcements include an icon of the sender.
                     49: Communications appear in a shell
                     50: .RI ( sh (1))
                     51: layer superimposed on
                     52: .I vismon's
                     53: layer.
                     54: This layer may be used for reply.
                     55: .PP
                     56: The options are:
                     57: .TP
                     58: .BI - n
                     59: Update the bar graph every
                     60: .I n
                     61: seconds.
                     62: .RI ( n =5
                     63: by default.)
                     64: .TP
                     65: .BI -m
                     66: Do not monitor CPU usage on other systems.
                     67: .PP
                     68: Button 2 selectively toggles the monitoring of other systems.
                     69: The list of systems is obtained from one of the following: 
                     70: a file named in the VISMON enviroment variable,
                     71: .FR $HOME/lib/vismon ,
                     72: or
                     73: .FR /usr/jerq/lib/vismon .
                     74: .PP
                     75: .I Sysmon
                     76: is the same as
                     77: .I vismon
                     78: without icons.
                     79: .PP
                     80: .I Vwhois
                     81: causes a dummy mail announcement from
                     82: .I person
                     83: to appear in
                     84: .I vismon
                     85: layers.
                     86: .SH FILES
                     87: .TF /usr/spool/mail/mail.log
                     88: .TP
                     89: .F /usr/jerq/mbin/sysmon.m
                     90: terminal program
                     91: .TP
                     92: .F /usr/jerq/lib/sysdaemon
                     93: remote monitoring program
                     94: .TP
                     95: .F /usr/jerq/lib/sysdaemon
                     96: responder for remote monitoring
                     97: .TP
                     98: .F /usr/spool/mail
                     99: .TP
                    100: .F /usr/spool/mail/mail.log
                    101: .TP
                    102: .F /n/face/*
                    103: vismon pictures
                    104: .TP
                    105: .F /usr/jerq/lib/vismon
                    106: .TP
                    107: .F $HOME/lib/vismon
                    108: menu of machines
                    109: .SH SEE ALSO
                    110: .IR face (9.7),
                    111: .IR faced (9.5)
                    112: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                    113: `Can't open comm window' means a shell layer cannot be created.
                    114: To receive any further communications, delete some layer.
                    115: .SH BUGS
                    116: There's more to system performance than meets the eye.

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