Re: iostat(8) manual fix

On Sat Oct 16 10, Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
> On 16 October 2010 00:42, Alexander Best <arundel_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > the iostat(8) manual seems to contain a few errors. this patch should take care
> > of that.
> >
> > cheers.
> > alex
> >
> 
> BTW, the existing description for -c corresponds to the old (traditional) way.
> iostat w - repeat each w seconds, infinity (as no repeated count specified)
> iostat w c - repeat each w seconds, c times

ah i see. the old way however is no longer documented anywhere (on purpose).
i read somewhere that at some point some devs wanted to remove it, but others
wanted it to stay.

personally i think adding a new switch to enable legacy mode would be nice (or
adding an envar).

but that's just my 0,02$

cheers.
alex

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