Difference between pages "Iostat" and "ReCordMyDeskTop"

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(New page: iostat is a program that shows how many I/O operations happen in a specified timeframe. = Install it = To install iostat, install the package sysstat. For example with SUSE Linux 11.3...)
 
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iostat is a [[program]] that shows how many I/O operations happen in a specified timeframe.
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recordmydesktop is a program that allows you to [[take a video from your desktop]]. In practice, you often want to record a window only. To do this, start recordmydesktop like this:
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recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo | grep "Window id" | awk '{print $4;}')
  
= Install it =
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A cross will appear. Aim it at the window you want to record and click. Then the recording will start.
To install iostat, install the package sysstat. For example with SUSE Linux 11.3 you [[open a console]] and enter:
 
yast -i sysstat
 
 
 
= Run it =
 
Just call IOstat plus the time interval in seconds:
 
<pre>
 
# iostat 10
 
Linux 2.6.34.7-0.5-desktop (tweedleburg)        12/11/10        _x86_64_        (8 CPU)
 
 
 
avg-cpu:  %user  %nice %system %iowait  %steal  %idle
 
          0.67    0.00    0.17    0.07    0.00  99.09
 
 
 
Device:            tps  Blk_read/s  Blk_wrtn/s  Blk_read  Blk_wrtn
 
sdb              1.35        5.76        28.55    1387011    6870465
 
sda              1.35        5.56        28.55    1337701    6870465
 
md126            4.26        11.32        28.38    2723674    6830024
 
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Revision as of 13:23, 6 November 2015

recordmydesktop is a program that allows you to take a video from your desktop. In practice, you often want to record a window only. To do this, start recordmydesktop like this:

recordmydesktop --windowid $(xwininfo | grep "Window id" | awk '{print $4;}')

A cross will appear. Aim it at the window you want to record and click. Then the recording will start.