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[c2133bc] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps"><primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
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| 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>6.2 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 19 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 20 |
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[a001133] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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[a0e1913] | 22 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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[a001133] | 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc,
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[69993f4] | 24 | Make, and Ncurses</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 25 | </segmentedlist>
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| 26 | </sect2>
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[3554fa3a] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[3f9e82f] | 29 |
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[73aedd1d] | 30 | <title>Installation of Procps</title>
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| 31 |
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[3f9e82f] | 32 | <para arch="raq2">The patch below fixes the issue with the procps. Without this patch
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| 33 | when the command ps aux is run you will receive a signal 11.</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen arch="raq2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../procps-&procps-version;-fix_mips-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 36 |
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[2256873] | 37 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 38 |
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| 39 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 40 |
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[69993f4] | 41 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 42 |
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| 43 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | </sect2>
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[6370fa6] | 46 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 47 | <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content"><title>Contents of Procps</title>
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[673b0d8] | 48 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 49 | <segmentedlist>
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| 50 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 51 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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| 52 | <seglistitem><seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill,
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[69993f4] | 53 | pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
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[c6cb3aa] | 54 | <seg>libproc.so</seg></seglistitem>
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| 55 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 56 |
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[2256873] | 57 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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[3ed279f] | 58 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[c5f9180] | 59 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[673b0d8] | 60 |
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[b8a819f] | 61 | <varlistentry id="free">
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| 62 | <term><command>free</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 63 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 64 | <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
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| 65 | swap memory) in the system</para>
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[3ed279f] | 66 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 69 |
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[b8a819f] | 70 | <varlistentry id="kill">
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| 71 | <term><command>kill</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 72 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 73 | <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
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[3ed279f] | 74 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 77 |
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[b8a819f] | 78 | <varlistentry id="pgrep">
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| 79 | <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 80 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 81 | <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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[3ed279f] | 82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 85 |
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[b8a819f] | 86 | <varlistentry id="pkill">
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| 87 | <term><command>pkill</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 88 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 89 | <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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[3ed279f] | 90 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 93 |
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[b8a819f] | 94 | <varlistentry id="pmap">
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| 95 | <term><command>pmap</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 96 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 97 | <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
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[3ed279f] | 98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 101 |
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[b8a819f] | 102 | <varlistentry id="ps">
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| 103 | <term><command>ps</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 104 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 105 | <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
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[3ed279f] | 106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 107 | </listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 109 |
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[b8a819f] | 110 | <varlistentry id="skill">
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| 111 | <term><command>skill</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 112 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 113 | <para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
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[3ed279f] | 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 115 | </listitem>
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| 116 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 117 |
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[b8a819f] | 118 | <varlistentry id="snice">
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| 119 | <term><command>snice</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 120 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 121 | <para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria</para>
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[3ed279f] | 122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | </listitem>
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| 124 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 125 |
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[b8a819f] | 126 | <varlistentry id="sysctl">
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| 127 | <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 128 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 129 | <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
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[3ed279f] | 130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 133 |
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[b8a819f] | 134 | <varlistentry id="tload">
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| 135 | <term><command>tload</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 136 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 137 | <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
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[3ed279f] | 138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 141 |
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[b8a819f] | 142 | <varlistentry id="top">
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| 143 | <term><command>top</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 144 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 145 | <para>Displays the top CPU processes; it provides an ongoing look at
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| 146 | processor activity in real time</para>
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[3ed279f] | 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 150 |
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[b8a819f] | 151 | <varlistentry id="uptime">
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| 152 | <term><command>uptime</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 154 | <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
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| 155 | logged on, and the system load averages</para>
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[3ed279f] | 156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 159 |
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[b8a819f] | 160 | <varlistentry id="vmstat">
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| 161 | <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 162 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 163 | <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
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| 164 | processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU activity</para>
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[3ed279f] | 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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[b8a819f] | 169 | <varlistentry id="w">
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| 170 | <term><command>w</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 171 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 172 | <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when</para>
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[3ed279f] | 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 176 |
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[b8a819f] | 177 | <varlistentry id="watch">
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| 178 | <term><command>watch</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 179 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 180 | <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
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| 181 | output; this allows a user to watch the output change over time</para>
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[3ed279f] | 182 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 183 | </listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 |
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[b8a819f] | 186 | <varlistentry id="libproc">
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[8ad7980] | 187 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 188 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 189 | <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this package</para>
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[3ed279f] | 190 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 194 |
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| 195 | </sect2>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | </sect1>
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[ef13657] | 198 |
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