[Xymon] CPU USAGE DISPLAY (CPU Statistics)

[Mark Felder]

July 29 2014 6:19 PM, "J.C. Cleaver"  wrote: 
> 
> That being said, this seems patch-worthy to at least give a more accurate
> visual output. Wonder how non-Linux `top`'s deal with this...
> 

FreeBSD: No CPU statistics shown in batch mode. In interactive mode the CPU statistics are blank until the second poll.

OpenBSD: Similar behavior to Linux. Their BUGS section in the man page says this:

BUGS
     As with ps(1), things can change while top is collecting information for
     an update.  The picture it gives is only a close approximation to
     reality.