Information about the package, ftop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ftop package is designed for, Utility that shows shows progress of open files and file systems.
Package Name:
ftop
Summary:
Utility that shows shows progress of open files and file systems
Description:
Ftop is to files what top is to processes. The progress of all open files file systems can be monitored. The selection of which files to display is possible through a wide assortment of options. As with top, the items are displayed in order from most to least active.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0
Release:
3.el6
Size:
51 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ftop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ftop
This command will install ftop on the server.
yum remove ftop
This command will un-install ftop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ftop
This command will un-install ftop on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ftop when using the -y flag.
yum update ftop
This command will update ftop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ftop
This command will update ftop to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ftop when using the -y flag.
yum info ftop
This command will show you core information about the ftop package.
yum deplist ftop
This command will show you the dependencies for ftop. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ftop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ftop. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.