Re: top

[Stephan Engelke <engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de>]

Hi,

zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz writes:
> hiya's
> 
> a simple question... why is it that when i use the 'top' command,  somtimes
> it does not show the list of processes??  does it
> have to be running a special vt100 or something??

how long did you wait for the screen to show?  Top need one sample
period before it displays the first process list related output.  On a
loaded sysetm, this may take a few seconds.

Cheers -- Stephan
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Stephan Engelke                                    engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de
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