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+vnstat (a console-based network traffic monitor)
+
vnStat is a network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of daily
network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn't a packet
sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc filesystem,
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Note that you can run vnstat either from cron or as a daemon from /etc/rc.d.
-To run vnstat from cron:
- Add the following line to your crontab:
+To run vnstat from cron, add the following line to your crontab:
0-55/5 * * * * if [[ -x /usr/bin/vnstat && $(ls /var/lib/vnstat/ | wc -l) -ge 1 ]]; then /usr/bin/vnstat -u; fi
To run vnstat from /etc/rc.d: