moved gstat command to a redirect

collect.py

@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ def collect_data(minutes):
         if is_freebsd():
             coreCPUstat()
             coreMemstat()
-            coreIostat_disk()
+
+            # gives same data each interval
+            # coreIostat_disk()
 
         if i == minutes:
             print("")
@@ -433,40 +435,42 @@ def main():
         print("Starting Collection")
 
         # Collect data
-        # if is_freebsd():
+        if is_freebsd():
-        #     # timeout = f"{minutes}m"
+            # timeout = f"{minutes}m"
-        #     #     "timeout",
+            #     "timeout",
-        #     #     timeout,
+            #     timeout,
 
-        #     gstat_command = [
+            gstat_command = [
-        #         "gstat",
+                "gstat",
-        #         "-C",
+                "-C",
-        #         "-s",
+                "-s",
-        #         "-d",
+                "-d",
-        #         "-o",
+                "-o",
-        #         "-p",
+                "-p",
-        #         "-I",
+                "-I",
-        #         "5s",
+                "5s",
-        #     ]
+                ">",
+                "gstat.csv",
+            ]
 
-        #     with open("gstat.csv", "a") as output_file:
+            # with open("gstat.csv", "a") as output_file:
-        #         # Create a Popen object with stdout redirected to the file
+            # Create a Popen object with stdout redirected to the file
-        #         process = subprocess.Popen(gstat_command, stdout=output_file)
+            process = subprocess.Popen(gstat_command)
 
         collect_data(minutes)
 
         # # kill gstat if freebsd
-        # if is_freebsd():
+        if is_freebsd():
-        #     process.terminate()
+            process.terminate()
-        #     process.kill()
+            process.kill()
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("Caught Ctrl-C,  cancelling collection...")
         # kill gstat if freebsd
-        # if is_freebsd():
+        if is_freebsd():
-        #     process.terminate()
+            process.terminate()
-        #     process.kill()
+            process.kill()
-        # exit()
+        exit()
 
     # Copy data files to /var/log (replace with appropriate copying function)
     collect_csv()