Initial import

AUTHORS

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+Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>

ChangeLog

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+* 0.4
+- Added interrupt stats
+- Order of the stats adhere the order of the options
+- Interval more precise, using signals instead of sleep
+- Modular rewrite using classes
+- Added -D, -I and -N options to customize list
+- Allow to specify 'total' for -D and -N to get aggregated numbers
+- Added --vmstat option, vmstat alike output
+- Implemented a basic interface and disk 'discovery' function
+- Replaced hardcoded 4096 by resource.getpagesize()
+- Initial public release
+
+* 0.3
+- Added load stats
+- Added memory stats
+- Output now fits into space and adds unit
+- Converted all values to bytes
+
+* 0.2
+- Added disk io
+- Added proc stats
+- Important layout changes

Makefile

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+prefix = /usr
+sysconfdir = /etc
+bindir = $(prefix)/bin
+mandir = $(datadir)/man
+
+all: install
+
+install:
+#	-[ ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dstat.conf ] && install -D -m0644 dstat.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dstat.conf
+	install -D -m0755 dstat $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/dstat

README

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+Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat. Dstat
+overcomes some of the limitations and adds some extra features.
+
+Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources instantly,
+you can eg. compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from
+your IDE controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers
+directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval).
+
+Dstat also cleverly gives you the most detailed information in
+columns and clearly indicates in what magnitude and unit the output
+is displayed. Less confusion, less mistakes.
+
+Dstat is also unique in letting you aggregate block device throughput
+for a certain diskset or network bandwidth for a group of interfaces,
+ie. you can see the throughput for all the block devices that make up
+a single filesystem or storage system.
+
+You can customize your dstat output from /etc/dstat.conf and you can
+write your own dstat modules to plug into the dstat output.
+
+Dstat's output, in its current form, is not very useful to be post-
+processed by other tools. It's mostly meant for allowing humans to
+interprete real-time data as easy as possible.

TODO

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+### Usability
++ Use /etc/dstat.conf to influence output
++ Add --config option
++ Add -o/--output option
++ Make -I eth0,acpi or -I ide0,yenta work
++ Show header when out of display instead of 22 lines (see term ?)
++ Maybe add colors to indicate units better (may become ugly)
++ Allow to force to given magnitude
+
+### Extensions
++ Add all stats to seperate modules and allow people to plugin their own modules
+
+### Statistics
++ Add application stats ( -a or -A pid,cmd)
++ Add ip stats (icmp, tcp, udp)
++ Add ntp stats
++ Add user stats (number of users logged on)
++ Add --diff option to print intermediate results (ie. when delay = 5, you see 1sec updates in other color)
++ Look into interfacing with bind, sendmail, postfix, squid, amavisd, 
++ Look into interfacing with laus
+
+### Bugs
++ Implement protection against counter rollovers