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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-psmisc" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="psmisc.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</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 Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information |
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21 | about running 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 Psmisc</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="a">Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para> |
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29 | |
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30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen> |
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31 | |
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32 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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33 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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34 | |
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35 | <varlistentry> |
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36 | <term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term> |
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37 | <listitem> |
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38 | <para>This ensures that the Psmisc binaries will install into |
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39 | <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of |
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40 | <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This is the |
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41 | correct location according to the FHS, because some of the Psmisc |
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42 | binaries are used by the LFS-Bootscripts package.</para> |
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43 | </listitem> |
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44 | </varlistentry> |
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45 | </variablelist> |
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46 | |
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47 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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48 | |
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49 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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50 | |
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51 | <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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52 | |
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53 | <para os="g">Install the package:</para> |
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54 | |
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55 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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56 | |
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57 | <para os="i">There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and |
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58 | <command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in <filename |
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59 | class="directory">/bin</filename>. Therefore, move them to <filename |
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60 | class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>:</para> |
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61 | |
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62 | <screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /bin/pstree* /usr/bin</userinput></screen> |
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63 | |
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64 | <para os="k">By default, Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program is not installed. |
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65 | This usually is not a problem because it is installed later in the Sysvinit |
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66 | package, which provides a better <command>pidof</command> program. If |
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67 | Sysvinit will not be used for a particular system, complete the installation |
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68 | of Psmisc by creating the following symlink:</para> |
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69 | |
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70 | <screen os="l" role="nodump"><userinput>ln -sv killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen> |
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71 | |
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72 | </sect2> |
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73 | |
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74 | <sect2 id="contents-psmisc" role="content"> |
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75 | <title>Contents of Psmisc</title> |
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76 | |
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77 | <segmentedlist> |
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78 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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79 | |
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80 | <seglistitem> |
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81 | <seg>fuser, killall, pstree, and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)</seg> |
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82 | </seglistitem> |
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83 | </segmentedlist> |
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84 | |
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85 | <variablelist> |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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87 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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88 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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89 | |
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90 | <varlistentry id="fuser"> |
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91 | <term><command>fuser</command></term> |
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92 | <listitem> |
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93 | <para>Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given |
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94 | files or file systems</para> |
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser"> |
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96 | <primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary> |
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97 | </indexterm> |
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98 | </listitem> |
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99 | </varlistentry> |
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100 | |
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101 | <varlistentry id="killall"> |
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102 | <term><command>killall</command></term> |
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103 | <listitem> |
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104 | <para>Kills processes by name; it sends a signal to all processes |
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105 | running any of the given commands</para> |
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106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"> |
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107 | <primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary> |
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108 | </indexterm> |
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109 | </listitem> |
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110 | </varlistentry> |
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111 | |
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112 | <varlistentry id="pstree"> |
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113 | <term><command>pstree</command></term> |
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114 | <listitem> |
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115 | <para>Displays running processes as a tree</para> |
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116 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree"> |
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117 | <primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary> |
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118 | </indexterm> |
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119 | </listitem> |
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120 | </varlistentry> |
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121 | |
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122 | <varlistentry id="pstree.x11"> |
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123 | <term><command>pstree.x11</command></term> |
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124 | <listitem> |
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125 | <para>Same as <command>pstree</command>, except that it waits for |
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126 | confirmation before exiting</para> |
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127 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11"> |
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128 | <primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary> |
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129 | </indexterm> |
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130 | </listitem> |
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131 | </varlistentry> |
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132 | |
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133 | </variablelist> |
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134 | |
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135 | </sect2> |
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136 | |
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137 | </sect1> |
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