Changeset 3f0c882 for chapter06/procps.xml
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raaa3260 r3f0c882 11 11 12 12 <sect2 role="package"><title/> 13 <para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>14 13 15 14 <segmentedlist> … … 19 18 </segmentedlist> 20 19 21 <segmentedlist>22 <segtitle>Procps installation depends on</segtitle>23 <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc,24 Make, Ncurses</seg></seglistitem>25 </segmentedlist>26 20 </sect2> 27 21 … … 42 36 <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content"><title>Contents of Procps</title> 43 37 44 <segmentedlist> 45 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> 46 <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> 47 <seglistitem><seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, 48 pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch</seg> 49 <seg>libproc.so</seg></seglistitem> 50 </segmentedlist> 51 52 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> 53 54 <varlistentry id="free"> 55 <term><command>free</command></term> 56 <listitem> 57 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm> 58 <para>reports the amount of free and used memory 59 in the system, both physical and swap memory.</para> 60 </listitem> 61 </varlistentry> 62 63 <varlistentry id="kill"> 64 <term><command>kill</command></term> 65 <listitem> 66 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm> 67 <para>is used to send signals to processes.</para> 68 </listitem> 69 </varlistentry> 70 71 <varlistentry id="pgrep"> 72 <term><command>pgrep</command></term> 73 <listitem> 74 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm> 75 <para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para> 76 </listitem> 77 </varlistentry> 78 79 <varlistentry id="pkill"> 80 <term><command>pkill</command></term> 81 <listitem> 82 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm> 83 <para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para> 84 </listitem> 85 </varlistentry> 86 87 <varlistentry id="pmap"> 88 <term><command>pmap</command></term> 89 <listitem> 90 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm> 91 <para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para> 92 </listitem> 93 </varlistentry> 94 95 <varlistentry id="ps"> 96 <term><command>ps</command></term> 97 <listitem> 98 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm> 99 <para>gives a snapshot of the current processes.</para> 100 </listitem> 101 </varlistentry> 102 103 <varlistentry id="skill"> 104 <term><command>skill</command></term> 105 <listitem> 106 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm> 107 <para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para> 108 </listitem> 109 </varlistentry> 110 111 <varlistentry id="snice"> 112 <term><command>snice</command></term> 113 <listitem> 114 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm> 115 <para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para> 116 </listitem> 117 </varlistentry> 118 119 <varlistentry id="sysctl"> 120 <term><command>sysctl</command></term> 121 <listitem> 122 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm> 123 <para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para> 124 </listitem> 125 </varlistentry> 126 127 <varlistentry id="tload"> 128 <term><command>tload</command></term> 129 <listitem> 130 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm> 131 <para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para> 132 </listitem> 133 </varlistentry> 134 135 <varlistentry id="top"> 136 <term><command>top</command></term> 137 <listitem> 138 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm> 139 <para>displays the top CPU processes. It provides 140 an ongoing look at processor activity in real time.</para> 141 </listitem> 142 </varlistentry> 143 144 <varlistentry id="uptime"> 145 <term><command>uptime</command></term> 146 <listitem> 147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm> 148 <para>reports how long the system has been 149 running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages.</para> 150 </listitem> 151 </varlistentry> 152 153 <varlistentry id="vmstat"> 154 <term><command>vmstat</command></term> 155 <listitem> 156 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm> 157 <para>reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about processes, 158 memory, paging, block IO, traps, and CPU activity.</para> 159 </listitem> 160 </varlistentry> 161 162 <varlistentry id="w"> 163 <term><command>w</command></term> 164 <listitem> 165 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm> 166 <para>shows which users are currently logged on, where and since when.</para> 167 </listitem> 168 </varlistentry> 169 170 <varlistentry id="watch"> 171 <term><command>watch</command></term> 172 <listitem> 173 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm> 174 <para>runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its 175 output. This allows you to watch the output change over time.</para> 176 </listitem> 177 </varlistentry> 178 179 <varlistentry id="libproc"> 180 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term> 181 <listitem> 182 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm> 183 <para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para> 184 </listitem> 185 </varlistentry> 186 </variablelist> 38 <para>See testing</para> 187 39 188 40 </sect2>
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