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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
10
11  <title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps">
14    <primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring
21    processes.</para>
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of Procps</title>
27
28    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
31
32    <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
33
34    <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
35
36<screen os="e"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
37
38  </sect2>
39
40  <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content">
41    <title>Contents of Procps</title>
42
43    <segmentedlist>
44      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
45      <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
46
47      <seglistitem>
48        <seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice, sysctl,
49        tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
50        <seg>libproc.so</seg>
51      </seglistitem>
52    </segmentedlist>
53
54    <variablelist>
55      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
56      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
57      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
58
59      <varlistentry id="free">
60        <term><command>free</command></term>
61        <listitem>
62          <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
63          swap memory) in the system</para>
64          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free">
65            <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
66          </indexterm>
67        </listitem>
68      </varlistentry>
69
70      <varlistentry id="kill">
71        <term><command>kill</command></term>
72        <listitem>
73          <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
74          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill">
75            <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
76          </indexterm>
77        </listitem>
78      </varlistentry>
79
80      <varlistentry id="pgrep">
81        <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
82        <listitem>
83          <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
84          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep">
85            <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
86          </indexterm>
87        </listitem>
88      </varlistentry>
89
90      <varlistentry id="pkill">
91        <term><command>pkill</command></term>
92        <listitem>
93          <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
94          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill">
95            <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary>
96          </indexterm>
97        </listitem>
98      </varlistentry>
99
100      <varlistentry id="pmap">
101        <term><command>pmap</command></term>
102        <listitem>
103          <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
104          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap">
105            <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary>
106          </indexterm>
107        </listitem>
108      </varlistentry>
109
110      <varlistentry id="ps">
111        <term><command>ps</command></term>
112        <listitem>
113          <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
114          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps">
115            <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary>
116          </indexterm>
117        </listitem>
118      </varlistentry>
119
120      <varlistentry id="pwdx">
121        <term><command>pwdx</command></term>
122        <listitem>
123          <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
124          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx">
125            <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
126          </indexterm>
127        </listitem>
128      </varlistentry>
129
130      <varlistentry id="skill">
131        <term><command>skill</command></term>
132        <listitem>
133          <para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
134          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill">
135            <primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary>
136          </indexterm>
137        </listitem>
138      </varlistentry>
139
140      <varlistentry id="slabtop">
141        <term><command>slabtop</command></term>
142        <listitem>
143          <para>Displays detailed kernel slap cache information in real time</para>
144          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop">
145            <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
146          </indexterm>
147        </listitem>
148      </varlistentry>
149
150      <varlistentry id="snice">
151        <term><command>snice</command></term>
152        <listitem>
153          <para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given
154          criteria</para>
155          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice">
156            <primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary>
157          </indexterm>
158        </listitem>
159      </varlistentry>
160
161      <varlistentry id="sysctl">
162        <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
163        <listitem>
164          <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
165          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl">
166            <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
167          </indexterm>
168        </listitem>
169      </varlistentry>
170
171      <varlistentry id="tload">
172        <term><command>tload</command></term>
173        <listitem>
174          <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
175          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload">
176            <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
177          </indexterm>
178        </listitem>
179      </varlistentry>
180
181      <varlistentry id="top">
182        <term><command>top</command></term>
183        <listitem>
184          <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
185          provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
186          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top">
187            <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
188          </indexterm>
189        </listitem>
190      </varlistentry>
191
192      <varlistentry id="uptime">
193        <term><command>uptime</command></term>
194        <listitem>
195          <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
196          logged on, and the system load averages</para>
197          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime">
198            <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
199          </indexterm>
200        </listitem>
201      </varlistentry>
202
203      <varlistentry id="vmstat">
204        <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
205        <listitem>
206          <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
207          processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
208          activity</para>
209          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat">
210            <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
211          </indexterm>
212        </listitem>
213      </varlistentry>
214
215      <varlistentry id="w">
216        <term><command>w</command></term>
217        <listitem>
218          <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
219          when</para>
220          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w">
221            <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
222          </indexterm>
223        </listitem>
224      </varlistentry>
225
226      <varlistentry id="watch">
227        <term><command>watch</command></term>
228        <listitem>
229          <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
230          screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
231          change over time</para>
232          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch">
233            <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
234          </indexterm>
235        </listitem>
236      </varlistentry>
237
238      <varlistentry id="libproc">
239        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
240        <listitem>
241          <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
242          package</para>
243          <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc">
244            <primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary>
245          </indexterm>
246        </listitem>
247      </varlistentry>
248
249    </variablelist>
250
251  </sect2>
252
253</sect1>
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