+1 for "sar"...another option would be to use "iostat".. Running "iostat" with a "tail -f" might be what you are looking for.. ~Chamith On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 10:05 +0100, Ron Herbert wrote: > looks on "sar" you can report statistics for a given process (or from > the system) > > Firefox: i think firefox is a monolith a tab isn't a childprozess (may > be you find a addone, that say you more about firefox) > > > fridy > > 2009/1/11, Pol <linux_milano@xxxxxxxx>: > > > > I would like to be able to exactly monitor programs i/o in the swap > > area; 'top' does not seem to be the right tool as processes are sorted > > according to the total amount of swap space used, while i would like > > processes with high i/o activity (albeit in small amounts) to be > > highlighted. > > > > My case is with firefox and konqueror. They stay silently for hours, then > > i/o starts, as one can hear that typical noise from the disk and as it can > > be checked with 'vmstat'. > > Also i would like to locate programs more precisely, to tell which browser > > tab, which plugin has triggered that swapping. > > > > Any hints? > > > > Thank you > > > > -- > > Pol > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- *** Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems *** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
