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author | Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-28 19:54:58 +0000 |
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committer | Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-28 19:54:58 +0000 |
commit | a9ea96eafd9f3144f297cc5420bbfde0471f4bc4 (patch) | |
tree | 10b627b6bac20edf54ed95c22d84eaba71fbc2df /usr.bin | |
parent | fbf997c5eb7304fc01ae719aaa9ce22b11803a51 (diff) | |
download | src-a9ea96eafd9f3144f297cc5420bbfde0471f4bc4.tar.gz src-a9ea96eafd9f3144f297cc5420bbfde0471f4bc4.zip |
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips b/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips index 1ec51666002b..98344090a3bd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips +++ b/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ To see how much disk space is left on your UFS partitions, use df -h -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca> % -To see the 10 largest files on a directory or UFS partition, use +To see the 10 largest files in a directory or on a UFS partition, use du -h /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rh | head -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca> @@ -560,10 +560,13 @@ curl -v -d "nickname=$USER" -d "description=FreeBSD/$(uname -m) on \ $(kenv smbios.system.maker) $(kenv smbios.system.product)" -d "do=addd" \ --data-urlencode 'dmesg@/var/run/dmesg.boot' http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi % -Want to know how much memory (in bytes) your machine has available? Let +Want to know how much memory (in bytes) your machine has installed? Let sysctl(8) tell you with the following command: -sysctl hw.physmem +sysctl hw.realmem + +The realmem value is memory before the kernel and modules are loaded, whereas +hw.physmem is what is left after they were loaded. The number of active CPUs is displayed using this command: @@ -571,20 +574,24 @@ sysctl hw.ncpu -- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> % -When using ZFS as the file system the "df" command will display confusing -values. Use the built-in "zfs list" command to get an overview of space usage: +When using ZFS as the file system the "df" command is reporting the pool size +and not file system sizes. It also does not know about descendent ZFS +datasets, snapshots, quotas, and reservations with their individual space usage. +Use the built-in "zfs list" command to get a better overview of space usage: zfs list -o space -- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> % To learn more about what your system is doing, take a look at systat(1). For -example, to get an overview of I/O happening in the system, run: +example, to get various of statistics related to virtual memory usage, process +scheduling, device interrupts, system name translation caching, and disk I/O, +enter the following: -systat -iostat +systat -vmstat -Other values are icmp, icmp6, ifstat, ip, ip6, netstat, pigs, sctp, swap, tcp, -vmstat, or zarc. You can switch between displays using :<display> and exit +Other values are icmp, icmp6, ifstat, iostat, ip, ip6, netstat, pigs, sctp, +swap, tcp, or zarc. You can switch between displays using :<display> and exit back to your shell by typing :quit @@ -694,7 +701,7 @@ dataset/snapshot and not any dependent ones. ZFS will display the resulting action when -n is combined with the -v option without actually performing it: -zfs destroy -rvn mypool@mysnap +zfs destroy -nrv mypool@mysnap Once you are sure this is exactly what you intend to do, remove the -n parameter to execute the destroy operation. |