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[3f8be484] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Procps-&procps-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring |
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| 21 | processes.</para> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | </sect2> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 26 | <title>Installation of Procps</title> |
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| 27 | |
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[de18e330] | 28 | <para os="p1">The following patch adds process control group support to |
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| 29 | ps:</para> |
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| 30 | |
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[5cabdc2] | 31 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&procps-ps_cgroup-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[de18e330] | 32 | |
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[6d1db7d] | 33 | <para os="p3">The following patch fixes an issue where some procps utils |
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| 34 | print an error on the screen if the monitor isn't running at 60Hz:</para> |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | <screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&procps-fix_HZ_errors-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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| 37 | |
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[a27d2a4] | 38 | <para os="s1">The following fixes an issue with Make 3.82:</para> |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i -r '/^-include/s/\*(.*)/proc\1 ps\1/' Makefile</userinput></screen> |
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| 41 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 42 | <para os="a">Compile the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 43 | |
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[9bf414b] | 44 | <screen os="b"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 45 | |
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[d1631d1] | 46 | <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 47 | |
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[d1631d1] | 48 | <para os="d">Install the package:</para> |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 51 | |
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| 52 | </sect2> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content"> |
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| 55 | <title>Contents of Procps</title> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 58 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 59 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | <seglistitem> |
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[e29fb58] | 62 | <seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice, sysctl, |
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| 63 | tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 64 | <seg>libproc.so</seg> |
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| 65 | </seglistitem> |
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| 66 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | <variablelist> |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 70 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 71 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | <varlistentry id="free"> |
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| 74 | <term><command>free</command></term> |
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| 75 | <listitem> |
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| 76 | <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and |
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| 77 | swap memory) in the system</para> |
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| 78 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"> |
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| 79 | <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary> |
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| 80 | </indexterm> |
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| 81 | </listitem> |
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| 82 | </varlistentry> |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | <varlistentry id="kill"> |
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| 85 | <term><command>kill</command></term> |
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| 86 | <listitem> |
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| 87 | <para>Sends signals to processes</para> |
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| 88 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"> |
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| 89 | <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary> |
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| 90 | </indexterm> |
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| 91 | </listitem> |
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| 92 | </varlistentry> |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | <varlistentry id="pgrep"> |
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| 95 | <term><command>pgrep</command></term> |
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| 96 | <listitem> |
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| 97 | <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para> |
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| 98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"> |
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| 99 | <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary> |
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| 100 | </indexterm> |
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| 101 | </listitem> |
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| 102 | </varlistentry> |
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| 103 | |
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| 104 | <varlistentry id="pkill"> |
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| 105 | <term><command>pkill</command></term> |
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| 106 | <listitem> |
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| 107 | <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para> |
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| 108 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"> |
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| 109 | <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary> |
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| 110 | </indexterm> |
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| 111 | </listitem> |
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| 112 | </varlistentry> |
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| 113 | |
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| 114 | <varlistentry id="pmap"> |
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| 115 | <term><command>pmap</command></term> |
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| 116 | <listitem> |
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| 117 | <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para> |
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| 118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"> |
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| 119 | <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary> |
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| 120 | </indexterm> |
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| 121 | </listitem> |
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| 122 | </varlistentry> |
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| 123 | |
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| 124 | <varlistentry id="ps"> |
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| 125 | <term><command>ps</command></term> |
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| 126 | <listitem> |
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| 127 | <para>Lists the current running processes</para> |
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| 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"> |
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| 129 | <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary> |
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| 130 | </indexterm> |
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| 131 | </listitem> |
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| 132 | </varlistentry> |
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| 133 | |
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[e29fb58] | 134 | <varlistentry id="pwdx"> |
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| 135 | <term><command>pwdx</command></term> |
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| 136 | <listitem> |
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| 137 | <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para> |
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| 138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx"> |
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| 139 | <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary> |
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| 140 | </indexterm> |
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| 141 | </listitem> |
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| 142 | </varlistentry> |
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| 143 | |
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[3f8be484] | 144 | <varlistentry id="skill"> |
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| 145 | <term><command>skill</command></term> |
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| 146 | <listitem> |
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| 147 | <para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para> |
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| 148 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"> |
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| 149 | <primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary> |
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| 150 | </indexterm> |
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| 151 | </listitem> |
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| 152 | </varlistentry> |
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| 153 | |
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[e29fb58] | 154 | <varlistentry id="slabtop"> |
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| 155 | <term><command>slabtop</command></term> |
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| 156 | <listitem> |
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[8fd11cd] | 157 | <para>Displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time</para> |
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[e29fb58] | 158 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop"> |
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| 159 | <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary> |
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| 160 | </indexterm> |
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| 161 | </listitem> |
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| 162 | </varlistentry> |
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| 163 | |
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[3f8be484] | 164 | <varlistentry id="snice"> |
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| 165 | <term><command>snice</command></term> |
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| 166 | <listitem> |
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| 167 | <para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given |
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| 168 | criteria</para> |
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"> |
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary> |
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| 171 | </indexterm> |
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| 172 | </listitem> |
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| 173 | </varlistentry> |
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| 174 | |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="sysctl"> |
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| 176 | <term><command>sysctl</command></term> |
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| 177 | <listitem> |
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| 178 | <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para> |
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"> |
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| 180 | <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary> |
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| 181 | </indexterm> |
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| 182 | </listitem> |
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| 183 | </varlistentry> |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | <varlistentry id="tload"> |
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| 186 | <term><command>tload</command></term> |
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| 187 | <listitem> |
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| 188 | <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para> |
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"> |
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary> |
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| 191 | </indexterm> |
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| 192 | </listitem> |
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| 193 | </varlistentry> |
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| 194 | |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="top"> |
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| 196 | <term><command>top</command></term> |
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| 197 | <listitem> |
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| 198 | <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it |
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| 199 | provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para> |
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"> |
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary> |
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| 202 | </indexterm> |
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| 203 | </listitem> |
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| 204 | </varlistentry> |
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| 205 | |
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| 206 | <varlistentry id="uptime"> |
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| 207 | <term><command>uptime</command></term> |
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| 208 | <listitem> |
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| 209 | <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are |
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| 210 | logged on, and the system load averages</para> |
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"> |
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| 212 | <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary> |
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| 213 | </indexterm> |
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| 214 | </listitem> |
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| 215 | </varlistentry> |
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| 216 | |
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| 217 | <varlistentry id="vmstat"> |
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| 218 | <term><command>vmstat</command></term> |
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| 219 | <listitem> |
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| 220 | <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about |
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| 221 | processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU |
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| 222 | activity</para> |
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"> |
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary> |
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| 225 | </indexterm> |
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| 226 | </listitem> |
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| 227 | </varlistentry> |
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| 228 | |
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| 229 | <varlistentry id="w"> |
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| 230 | <term><command>w</command></term> |
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| 231 | <listitem> |
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| 232 | <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since |
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| 233 | when</para> |
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| 234 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"> |
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| 235 | <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary> |
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| 236 | </indexterm> |
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| 237 | </listitem> |
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| 238 | </varlistentry> |
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| 239 | |
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| 240 | <varlistentry id="watch"> |
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| 241 | <term><command>watch</command></term> |
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| 242 | <listitem> |
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| 243 | <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first |
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| 244 | screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output |
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| 245 | change over time</para> |
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"> |
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| 247 | <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary> |
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| 248 | </indexterm> |
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| 249 | </listitem> |
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| 250 | </varlistentry> |
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| 251 | |
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| 252 | <varlistentry id="libproc"> |
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| 253 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term> |
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| 254 | <listitem> |
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| 255 | <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this |
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| 256 | package</para> |
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"> |
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| 258 | <primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary> |
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| 259 | </indexterm> |
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| 260 | </listitem> |
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| 261 | </varlistentry> |
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| 262 | |
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| 263 | </variablelist> |
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| 264 | |
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| 265 | </sect2> |
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| 266 | |
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| 267 | </sect1> |
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