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seekwatcher


Information about the package, seekwatcher, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The seekwatcher package is designed for, Utility for visualizing block layer IO patterns and performance.


Package Name:

seekwatcher

Summary:

Utility for visualizing block layer IO patterns and performance

Description:

Seekwatcher generates graphs from blktrace runs to help visualize IO patterns and performance. It can plot multiple blktrace runs together, making it easy to compare the differences between different benchmark runs. You should install the seekwatcher package if you need to visualize detailed information about IO patterns.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.12

Release:

5.el6

Size:

22 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for seekwatcher


Control the seekwatcher package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install seekwatcher

This command will install seekwatcher on the server.

yum remove seekwatcher

This command will un-install seekwatcher on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove seekwatcher, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove seekwatcher

This command will un-install seekwatcher 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 seekwatcher when using the -y flag.

yum update seekwatcher

This command will update seekwatcher to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove seekwatcher, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update seekwatcher

This command will update seekwatcher 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 seekwatcher when using the -y flag.

yum info seekwatcher

This command will show you core information about the seekwatcher package.

yum deplist seekwatcher

This command will show you the dependencies for seekwatcher. 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 seekwatcher

This command will check if there is an update waiting on seekwatcher. 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.