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- Aliases to `diskio`
- Disks: list of pairs of the form (device or mount point, template),
- where the template can contain `<total>`, `<read>`, `<write>` for total,
- read and write speed, respectively. There are also bar versions of each:
- `<totalbar>`, `<totalvbar>`, `<totalipat>`,
- `<readbar>`, `<readvbar>`, `<readipat>`,
- `<writebar>`, `<writevbar>`, and `<writeipat>`.
+ where the template can contain `<total>`, `<read>`, `<write>` for
+ total, read and write speed, respectively, as well as `<totalb>`,
+ `<readb>`, `<writeb>`, which report number of bytes during the last
+ refresh period rather than speed. There are also bar versions of
+ each: `<totalbar>`, `<totalvbar>`, `<totalipat>`, `<readbar>`,
+ `<readvbar>`, `<readipat>`, `<writebar>`, `<writevbar>`, and
+ `<writeipat>`; and their "bytes" counterparts: `<totalbbar>`,
+ `<totalbvbar>`, `<totalbipat>`, `<readbbar>`, `<readbvbar>`,
+ `<readbipat>`, `<writebbar>`, `<writebvbar>`, and `<writebipat>`.
- Thresholds refer to speed in b/s
- Args: default monitor arguments. `-t`/`--template` is ignored. Plus
- `--total-icon-pattern`: dynamic string for total disk I/O in `<totalipat>`.