[Xymon] CPU USAGE DISPLAY (CPU Statistics)

July 29 2014 6:19 PM, "J.C. Cleaver" wrote:

That being said, this seems patch-worthy to at least give a more accurate visual output. Wonder how non-Linux top's deal with this...

FreeBSD: No CPU statistics shown in batch mode. In interactive mode the CPU statistics are blank until the second poll.

OpenBSD: Similar behavior to Linux. Their BUGS section in the man page says this:

BUGS As with ps(1), things can change while top is collecting information for an update. The picture it gives is only a close approximation to reality.