Use the sar -m command to report interprocess communication activities.
$ sar -m 00:00:00 msg/s sema/s 01:00:00 0.00 0.00 |
These figures will usually be zero (0.00), unless you are running applications that use messages or semaphores.
The following table describes the output from the -m option.
Table 24–13 Output From the sar -m Command
Field Name |
Description |
---|---|
msg/s |
The number of message operations (sends and receives) per second |
sema/s |
The number of semaphore operations per second |
The following abbreviated example shows output from the sar -m command.
$ sar -m SunOS venus 5.9 Generic sun4u 06/24/2001 00:00:00 msg/s sema/s 01:00:00 0.00 0.00 02:00:02 0.00 0.00 03:00:00 0.00 0.00 04:00:00 0.00 0.00 05:00:01 0.00 0.00 06:00:00 0.00 0.00 Average 0.00 0.00 |