tmon.1

.TH TMON 1 "Feb 05, 2009" "" "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
tmon \- tMon distributed resource monitor client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tmon
[\c
.BI \-f \ rcfile\fP\c
]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBtmon\fP is the client part of the tMon Distributed Resource Monitor. The
\fBtmon\fP client creates a TCP/IP connection to the \fBtmond\fP(8) daemon 
running on each of the hosts that are to be monitored. This is basicly a revamped edition of the orphaned package by Jaco Breitenback. The program wont hang on non working computers in the tmonrc file. And The program doesn't  use swap but harddisk usage. 
.LP
The client displays CPU, memory and disk usage on the host machines. The amount 
of resources consumed is displayed as a horizontal bar, ranging between 0% and 
100%. Where the terminal is capable of colour, a load between 0% and 33% is 
indicated in green, 33% to 66% in yellow, and 66%+ in red.
.LP
With a long list of hosts on display, it is possible to scroll through the
list using the cursor keys, or simply resize the window in X.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-f \ rcfile\fP
This parameter specifies the \fBrcfile\fP to be used. This parameter is
optional, with the default being \fB.tmonrc\fP in the user's home directory,
or failing that, \fB/etc/tmonrc\fP. 
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
The configuration file is a text file with the following format:
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       hostname     port
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.LP
The hostname and port are space delimited, with multiple hosts specified on
separate lines, e.g.:
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       wintermute.dsp.sun.ac.za      7777
       saiph.dsp.sun.ac.za           7777
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.LP
By default the configuration is read from \fB$HOME/.tmonrc\fP or 
\fB/etc/tmonrc\fP if the first does not exist. It is possible
to specify an alternative rcfile, using the \fB\-f\fP parameter.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/local/bin/tmon
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$HOME/.tmonrc
.SH NOTES
tmon does NOT support comments in the files above.
.SH AUTHOR
Thorfinn Sand Kornliussen <thorfinn@binf.ku.dk>. 

Jaco Breitenbach <jjb@dsp.sun.ac.za>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tmond (8)