Should vnstat be running continuously (daemon or otherwise) to update it's database

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 27.07.2005 schrieb Parameshwara Bhat um 9:11:

> Attn: Mr.Alexander Dalloz,

Hello :)

> I have installed vnstat to collect network traffic information. It's man  
> page says it collects data from /proc entries. Now my question is, should  
> I be running it as a daemon or in the background or as a bootup/shutdown  
> sequence so that each time my desktop goes down, it is able to collect  
> data from /proc as I guess /proc data is dynamic .

> Parameshwara Bhat

It is usual to let vnstat run from a cronjob. The vnstat package from
Fedora Extras ships that cronjob in /etc/cron.d/vnstat. It runs every 5
minutes and updates the database. If you prefer you can add "vnstat -u"
in a script run at shutdown to let it log more precisely (or lower the
cronjob frequency to 1 per minute).

Alexander


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