Your message makes it sound like you did this before and NOW it is not working. Is this correct?
I don't see how you could. The only way you could clear out the proc table is for the kernel to loose knowledge of the device. You as a user/administrator has no ability to mess with those values. So, short of a reboot, the only way I can think of is to build your Ethernet devices as modules and bring them down, unload the modules and re-load the modules...that should zero it out...
Wouldn't it be easier to write a program that reads this once every now and then and calculates the deltas for you??
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Dege [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Reset interface statistics
>
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>
> Since the value is in /proc, I don't know if you can "zero it
> out" since
> the kernel writes data to that file. What you can probably do (which
> might be easier), is to write a script. Either that, or just reboot
> your machine at the beginning of each billing cycle. I
> figure a reboot
> would zero out the values ;)
>
> Wow, a reboot to solve a problem.... I feel dirty.
>
> -Rob
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a Redhat 7.1 box which I am reading the Interface
> statistics from
> > /proc/net/dev.
> > I need to reset the Interface statistics periodically as
> the I collect the
> > Internet
> > interface traffic throughput so I can keep tabs on my ISP billing.
> > This has been a successful measure
> > of total internet traffic for the month.
> >
> > I have tried service network restart / stop / start and
> > stopping and restarting the NICs eth0 and eth1 without success
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Mike
> >
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