Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-03-16 Thread cgoldberg
> >> I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix > >> or Linux top in the way it displays data. > >> It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. also check out the source for "dstat". It is written in python and displays top-like information and more. It

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-03-16 Thread Hyuga
On Feb 27, 6:08 pm, ntwrkd wrote: > I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix > or Linux top in the way it displays data. > It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. > > I'm not sure what I should take into account or how I might go about > implementing

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-03-14 Thread Aahz
In article , Tim Chase wrote: >> I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix >> or Linux top in the way it displays data. >> It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. > >You might look at the sourcecode for "iotop"[1] which would make >a good example (i

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread alex23
On Feb 28, 8:08 am, ntwrkd wrote: > I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix > or Linux top in the way it displays data. > It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. > > I'm not sure what I should take into account or how I might go about > implementing

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread ntwrkd
Thanks. These are all great suggestions. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix >> or Linux top in the way it displays data. >> It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. > > You might look at the

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread Tim Chase
I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix or Linux top in the way it displays data. It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. You might look at the sourcecode for "iotop"[1] which would make a good example (it's a "top"-like program written in Python

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread Mike Driscoll
On Feb 27, 4:08 pm, ntwrkd wrote: > I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix > or Linux top in the way it displays data. > It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. > > I'm not sure what I should take into account or how I might go about > implementing

Re: Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread Paul Rubin
ntwrkd writes: > I'm not sure what I should take into account or how I might go about > implementing this? Maybe the curses module. http://docs.python.org/library/curses.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Guidance on writing a top-like console

2009-02-27 Thread ntwrkd
I am interested in writing an application that functions like a Unix or Linux top in the way it displays data. It should be command-line based but dynamically refreshing. I'm not sure what I should take into account or how I might go about implementing this? Any suggestions are appreciated. -- htt