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* INTRODUCTION *
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Hi there,
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This is ttyload. It was originally inspired several years ago
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Thanks,
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David Lindes
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* INSTALLATION *
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****************
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to build ttyload, in theory all you need to is type 'make'. If
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you want to also install it, 'make install' should do the trick,
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which will gently (i.e. with cp -i) copy it to /usr/local/bin
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(or another directory if you edit the INSTALLDIR setting in the
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Makefile or do 'make install INSTALLDIR=whatever').
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****************
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* RUN-TIME FOO *
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After building, you can run ttyload with './ttyload' (or just
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'ttyload' if either '.' is in your $PATH, or you did the make
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install into a directory that is), which will start up ttyload.
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What you see is basically a screen with three graphs on it. One
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is for the 1-minute load average, one for the 5min, and one for
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the 15min. Assuming you have color support, these will be red,
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green, and blue, respectively, and if they overlap, RGB addition
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will be done on them... Red + Green == Yellow, etc. See the
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Legend in the lower-left hand corner for the cheat-sheet.
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(Note: all my color naming is assuming your terminal is
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"reasonably standard" -- and no, I don't know exactly what
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"reasonably standard" means, so don't ask. ;-)
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To exit, type <ctrl-C> (hold down the "control" or "ctrl" key,
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and then simultaneously press the "c" key), or whatever you have
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'stty intr' set to. If and when I have a curses mode,
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presumably 'q' and/or '<esc>' will work too.
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****************
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* OTHER THINGS *
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- ttyload -h gives you usage info.
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- the 'loader' program is generally something you don't want to run.
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In case you're curious, it's a "load bomb" which is specifically
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designed to increase your load average, but in a relatively limited
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way. This was done so that testing and screen shots and whatnot would
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be easier, and I don't expect folks to run it normally, but I figured
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I'd provide it anyway, just in case you're having a "Spinal Tap"
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moment or something. ;-)
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- there's a todo list on the web page, if you're thinking of a feature
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you want to see added, check there first before requesting it.
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- Please see the LICENSE file for information on what you're allowed to
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do with ttyload, etc. It's not under the GPL or some other license
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because I'm not entirely happy with most of those licenses. I
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eventually hope to put it under the GratuityWare Public License
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(GWPL, see http://www.gratuityware.org/), but that doesn't exist yet,
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because I haven't written it yet, so, that's yet to come.
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- Despite the lack of existence as yet of the GWPL, I do consider
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ttyload to be GratuityWare. This means that there will never be a
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required fee for using it, but donations are encouraged. See the web
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site (listed above at the end of the INTRODUCTION section) for a link
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that will allow you to do that. Or send me e-mail if you don't want
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to use the available method(s), but do want to contribute, and we can
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work something out.
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- Send any other feedback (comments, requests, bug reports, etc.) to me
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at <src/ttyload@daveltd.com> (yes, '/' is valid in an e-mail address!
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If your mailer can't hack it, though, you can substitute '-' for it,
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if you must).
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