Tell the user about "sadf -c", a command which can be used to convert an
old system activity binary data file to the up-to-date format.
Signed-off-by: Sebastien GODARD <sysstat@users.noreply.github.com>
# rm /var/log/sa/sa??
-With recent versions of sysstat (8.1.1 and later), it is now possible to
+If you are using sysstat 11.1.1 and later, you can also use the sadf command
+to convert an old system activity binary datafile (version 9.1.6 and later) to
+current up-to-date format. Use the following syntax:
+
+sadf -c old_datafile > new_datafile
+
+Note: Starting with sysstat version 8.1.1 and later, it is possible to
know which version of sar or sadc has been used to create a data file.
Just enter the following command: