ifstat: Add xstat to ifstat man page

Add documentation about the extended statistics to the ifstat man page.
Add ifstat man age to the man8 Makefile

Signed-off-by: Nogah Frankel <nogahf@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
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Nogah Frankel 2017-01-26 14:44:41 +02:00 committed by Stephen Hemminger
parent 1c2df61344
commit aaacdfd570
2 changed files with 13 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ MAN8PAGES = $(TARGETS) ip.8 arpd.8 lnstat.8 routel.8 rtacct.8 rtmon.8 rtpr.8 ss.
tc-connmark.8 tc-csum.8 tc-mirred.8 tc-nat.8 tc-pedit.8 tc-police.8 \
tc-simple.8 tc-skbedit.8 tc-vlan.8 tc-xt.8 tc-ife.8 \
tc-tunnel_key.8 \
devlink.8 devlink-dev.8 devlink-monitor.8 devlink-port.8 devlink-sb.8
devlink.8 devlink-dev.8 devlink-monitor.8 devlink-port.8 devlink-sb.8 \
ifstat.8
all: $(TARGETS)

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@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ifstat \- handy utility to read network interface statistics
The utility keeps records of the previous data displayed in history files and
by default only shows difference between the last and the current call.
Location of the history files defaults to /tmp/.ifstat.u$UID but may be
overridden with the IFSTAT_HISTORY environment variable.
overridden with the IFSTAT_HISTORY environment variable. Similarly, the default
location for xstat (extended stats) is /tmp/.<xstat name>_ifstat.u$UID.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ Report average over the last SECS seconds.
.TP
.B \-z, \-\-zeros
Show entries with zero activity.
.TP
.B \-x, \-\-extended=TYPE
Show extended stats of TYPE. Supported types are:
.in +8
.B cpu_hits
- Counts only packets that went via the CPU.
.in -8
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B IFSTAT_HISTORY