topic netstat output clear in Operating System - HP-UX

netstat output clear

Kwhite_1 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:30:40 GMT

Hello,

my netstat -in output is showing a high numbers for the inout and ouput pkts.

Is there a way to reset these numbers without a reboot or disturbing the service.

Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
lo0 4136 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 59938949 0 59938980 0 0
lan900 1500 10.292.45.0 10.292.45.231 1755281025 0 3941180926 0 0

Re: netstat output clear

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:46:17 GMT

Shalom,

I am pretty sure if you restart the machine these numbers will reset.

In a mood here, sorry.

This thread seems to indicate you can't reset these stats.
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=949081

This thread, with an answer by me seems to indicate the same.

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1097048

See, and I forget.

Linux netstat has a reset function. HP-UX 11.00 does not. Newer versions may.

Anything on the man page. Turning on my HP-UX systems turns my home office into an easy bake oven.

SEP

Re: netstat output clear

rick jones — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:38:10 GMT

Unless and until there is an option added to HP-UX netstat, you might consider beforeafter from ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/tools to enable you to subtract one set of netstat output from another. I suppose that with a bit of clever scripting, it might form the basis of a way to make it appear that there is indeed a stats clear option for netstat in HP-UX...