of course this should have been:
the default value for count is 1 for sar but "endless" for pidstat.
maybe this patch is already good enough (untested! don't apply)
diff -Nur sysstat-8.1.2.orig/man/pidstat.1 sysstat-8.1.2.new/man/pidstat.1
--- sysstat-8.1.2.orig/man/pidstat.1 2007-11-10 14:41:32.000000000 +0100
+++ sysstat-8.1.2.new/man/pidstat.1 2008-04-12 15:07:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,17 +41,10 @@
.I count
parameter can be specified in conjunction with the
.I interval
-parameter if this one is not set to zero. The value of
+parameter. The default value for the
.I count
-determines the number of reports generated at
-.I interval
-seconds apart. If the
-.I interval
-parameter is specified without the
-.I count
-parameter, the
-.B pidstat
-command generates reports continuously.
+parameter is 1. If its value is set to zero, then reports are
+generated continuously.
You can select information about specific task activities using flags.
Not specifying any flags selects only CPU activity.
diff -Nur sysstat-8.1.2.orig/pidstat.c sysstat-8.1.2.new/pidstat.c
--- sysstat-8.1.2.orig/pidstat.c 2008-03-10 11:52:24.000000000 +0100
+++ sysstat-8.1.2.new/pidstat.c 2008-04-12 15:01:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@
interval = atol(argv[opt++]);
if (interval < 0)
usage(argv[0]);
- count = -1;
+ count = 1;
}
else if (count <= 0) { /* Get count value */
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
!interval)
usage(argv[0]);
count = atol(argv[opt++]);
- if (count < 1)
+ if (count < 0)
usage(argv[0]);
}
else
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