FYI. I think it does roll over. My server was showing 3GB 2 days ago and now its just 300MB and is not being rebooted.
Amish.
Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Amish Mehta wrote:
Thanks a lot, Philip.
cat /proc/net/dev
It gives you the exact values in bytes at the time you run the
Any idea if it is 32 bit figure or 64bit? i.e. if it doesnt rewind after appox 4GB(unsigned long).
Not sure. My eth0 device shows 1.4GB received, and 11MB transmitted. If it does roll over, it doesn't seem to have done so yet. Uptime is 3 days (since I moved my machine to a new location).
Philip