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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 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-ng.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>procps-ng</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&procps-ng-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&procps-ng-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps-ng</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Procps-ng package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
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| 27 |
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[efa633e] | 28 | <!-- TODO This note will probably not be needed at the next revision. -->
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| 29 | <note>
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| 30 | <para>This package extracts to the directory
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| 31 | <filename class="directory">procps-3.3.17</filename>,
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| 32 | not the expected
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| 33 | <filename class="directory">procps-ng-3.3.17</filename>.</para>
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| 34 | </note>
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| 35 |
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[1fa2099] | 36 | <segmentedlist>
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| 37 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 38 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <seglistitem>
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[37e35d2] | 41 | <seg>&procps-ng-fin-sbu;</seg>
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| 42 | <seg>&procps-ng-fin-du;</seg>
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[1fa2099] | 43 | </seglistitem>
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| 44 | </segmentedlist>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | </sect2>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 49 | <title>Installation of Procps-ng</title>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>Prepare procps-ng for compilation:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 54 | --exec-prefix= \
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| 55 | --libdir=/usr/lib \
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| 56 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
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| 57 | --disable-static \
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| 58 | --disable-kill</userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 61 | --exec-prefix= \
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| 62 | --libdir=/usr/lib \
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| 63 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
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| 64 | --disable-static \
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| 65 | --disable-kill \
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| 66 | --with-systemd</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <variablelist>
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[37e35d2] | 69 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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[1fa2099] | 70 |
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| 71 | <varlistentry>
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| 72 | <term><parameter>--disable-kill</parameter></term>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>This switch disables building the <command>kill</command>
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| 75 | command that will be installed by the Util-linux package.</para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </varlistentry>
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| 78 | </variablelist>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[9f715a8] | 83 | <!--
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[1fa2099] | 84 | <para>The test suite needs some custom modifications for LFS.
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| 85 | Remove a test that fails when scripting does not use a tty device and
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| 86 | fix two others.
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| 87 | To run the test suite, run the following commands:</para>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i -r 's|(pmap_initname)\\\$|\1|' testsuite/pmap.test/pmap.exp
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| 90 | sed -i '/set tty/d' testsuite/pkill.test/pkill.exp
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| 91 | rm testsuite/pgrep.test/pgrep.exp
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| 92 | make check</userinput></screen>
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[9f715a8] | 93 | -->
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| 94 | <para> To run the test suite, run:</para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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[1fa2099] | 97 |
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[efa633e] | 98 | <para>Five tests related to pkill are known to fail due to a problem
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| 99 | with tests that were not updated.</para>
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| 100 |
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[1fa2099] | 101 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 104 |
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[efa633e] | 105 | <para>Finally, move essential libraries to a location that can be found
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| 106 | if <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted.</para>
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[1fa2099] | 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libprocps.so.* /lib
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| 109 | ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libprocps.so) /usr/lib/libprocps.so</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content">
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| 114 | <title>Contents of Procps-ng</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <segmentedlist>
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| 117 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 118 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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| 119 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <seglistitem>
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| 122 | <seg>free, pgrep, pidof, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, slabtop,
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| 123 | sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
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| 124 | <seg>libprocps.so</seg>
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| 125 | <seg>/usr/include/proc and /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</seg>
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| 126 | </seglistitem>
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| 127 | </segmentedlist>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <variablelist>
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| 130 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 131 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 132 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <varlistentry id="free">
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| 135 | <term><command>free</command></term>
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| 136 | <listitem>
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| 137 | <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
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| 138 | swap memory) in the system</para>
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| 139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free">
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| 140 | <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
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| 141 | </indexterm>
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| 142 | </listitem>
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| 143 | </varlistentry>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="pgrep">
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| 146 | <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="pidof">
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| 156 | <term><command>pidof</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>Reports the PIDs of the given programs</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pidof">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="pkill">
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| 166 | <term><command>pkill</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</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="pmap">
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| 176 | <term><command>pmap</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap">
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| 180 | <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</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="ps">
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| 186 | <term><command>ps</command></term>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</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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[efa633e] | 195 | <varlistentry id="pwait">
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| 196 | <term><command>pwait</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>Waits for a process to finish before executing.</para>
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| 199 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwait">
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| 200 | <primary sortas="b-pwait">pwait</primary>
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| 201 | </indexterm>
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| 202 | </listitem>
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| 203 | </varlistentry>
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| 204 |
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[1fa2099] | 205 | <varlistentry id="pwdx">
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| 206 | <term><command>pwdx</command></term>
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| 207 | <listitem>
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| 208 | <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
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| 209 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx">
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| 210 | <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
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| 211 | </indexterm>
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| 212 | </listitem>
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| 213 | </varlistentry>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <varlistentry id="slabtop">
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| 216 | <term><command>slabtop</command></term>
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| 217 | <listitem>
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| 218 | <para>Displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <varlistentry id="sysctl">
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| 226 | <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
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| 229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <varlistentry id="tload">
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| 236 | <term><command>tload</command></term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="top">
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| 246 | <term><command>top</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
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| 249 | provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="uptime">
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| 257 | <term><command>uptime</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
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| 260 | logged on, and the system load averages</para>
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| 261 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
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| 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="vmstat">
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| 268 | <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
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| 271 | processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
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| 272 | activity</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="w">
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| 280 | <term><command>w</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
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| 283 | when</para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <varlistentry id="watch">
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| 291 | <term><command>watch</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
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| 294 | screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
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| 295 | change over time</para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <varlistentry id="libprocps">
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| 303 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libprocps</filename></term>
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| 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
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| 306 | package</para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libprocps">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="c-libprocps">libprocps</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | </variablelist>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | </sect2>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | </sect1>
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