BNOPLOT(1) BNOPLOT(1)

NAME
       bnoplot - generate interactive 3D plot of IO blocks and sizes



SYNOPSIS
       bnoplot [ -h | help ]
                [ -v | verbose ]
                [ -K | keys-below ]
                [  ]



DESCRIPTION
       bnoplot  is  a  visualization tool for the block layer IO tracing tool
       called blktrace(8).  As noted in its documentation, blktrace is a block
       layer  IO  tracing  mechanism which provides detailed information about
       request queue operations up to user space.

       bnoplot utilizes gnuplot to generate a 3D plot  of  the  block  number
       output  from  btt.   If  no   are specified, it will utilize all
       files generated after btt was run with -B blknos (meaning: all files of
       the form blknos*[rw].dat).

       The  -K  option forces bnoplot to put the keys below the graph.  If it
       is not specified, all keys for input files are put in the  upper  right
       corner  of the graph. If the number of devices exceed 10, then bnoplot
       will automatically push the keys under the graph.

       To use this utility, the gnuplot package needs to be installed.

       To exit the plotter, enter 'quit' or ^D at the 'gnuplot> ' prompt.


AUTHORS
       bnoplot was written by Alan D. Brunelle.  This man  page  was  created
       from the blktrace documentation by Bas Zoetekouw.



REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to 


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
       .   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.
       This manual page was created for  Debian  by  Bas  Zoetekouw.   It  was
       derived  from  the  documentation provided by the authors and it may be
       used, distributed and modified under the terms of the GNU General  Pub‐
       lic License, version 2.
       On  Debian  systems,  the text of the GNU General Public License can be
       found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.


SEE ALSO
       btt (1), gnuplot (1), blktrace (8), blkparse (1), verifyblkparse  (1),
       blkrawverify (1)




blktrace git-20080213182518    February 22, 2007                   BNOPLOT(1)