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Trunk is now identical to Testing

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    44  %general-entities;
    55]>
    6 <sect1 id="ch-system-procps" xreflabel="Procps" role="wrap">
     6<sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap">
    77<title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
    88<?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
    … …  
    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
     13<para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
    1314
    1415<segmentedlist>
    … …  
    1819</segmentedlist>
    1920
     21<segmentedlist>
     22<segtitle>Procps installation depends on</segtitle>
     23<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc,
     24Make, and Ncurses</seg></seglistitem>
     25</segmentedlist>
    2026</sect2>
    2127
    … …  
    2329<title>Installation of Procps</title>
    2430
    25 <para>Compile Procps:</para>
     31<para>Compile the package:</para>
    2632
    2733<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2834
    29 <para>Install it:</para>
     35<para>Install the package:</para>
    3036
    3137<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    3642<sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content"><title>Contents of Procps</title>
    3743
    38 <para>See testing</para>
     44<segmentedlist>
     45<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
     46<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
     47<seglistitem><seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill,
     48pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
     49<seg>libproc.so</seg></seglistitem>
     50</segmentedlist>
     51
     52<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
     53<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
     54
     55<varlistentry id="free">
     56<term><command>free</command></term>
     57<listitem>
     58<para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
     59swap memory) in the system</para>
     60<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
     61</listitem>
     62</varlistentry>
     63
     64<varlistentry id="kill">
     65<term><command>kill</command></term>
     66<listitem>
     67<para>Sends signals to processes</para>
     68<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
     69</listitem>
     70</varlistentry>
     71
     72<varlistentry id="pgrep">
     73<term><command>pgrep</command></term>
     74<listitem>
     75<para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
     76<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
     77</listitem>
     78</varlistentry>
     79
     80<varlistentry id="pkill">
     81<term><command>pkill</command></term>
     82<listitem>
     83<para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
     84<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
     85</listitem>
     86</varlistentry>
     87
     88<varlistentry id="pmap">
     89<term><command>pmap</command></term>
     90<listitem>
     91<para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
     92<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
     93</listitem>
     94</varlistentry>
     95
     96<varlistentry id="ps">
     97<term><command>ps</command></term>
     98<listitem>
     99<para>Lists the current running processes</para>
     100<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
     101</listitem>
     102</varlistentry>
     103
     104<varlistentry id="skill">
     105<term><command>skill</command></term>
     106<listitem>
     107<para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
     108<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
     109</listitem>
     110</varlistentry>
     111
     112<varlistentry id="snice">
     113<term><command>snice</command></term>
     114<listitem>
     115<para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria</para>
     116<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
     117</listitem>
     118</varlistentry>
     119
     120<varlistentry id="sysctl">
     121<term><command>sysctl</command></term>
     122<listitem>
     123<para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
     124<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
     125</listitem>
     126</varlistentry>
     127
     128<varlistentry id="tload">
     129<term><command>tload</command></term>
     130<listitem>
     131<para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
     132<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
     133</listitem>
     134</varlistentry>
     135
     136<varlistentry id="top">
     137<term><command>top</command></term>
     138<listitem>
     139<para>Displays the top CPU processes; it provides an ongoing look at
     140processor activity in real time</para>
     141<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
     142</listitem>
     143</varlistentry>
     144
     145<varlistentry id="uptime">
     146<term><command>uptime</command></term>
     147<listitem>
     148<para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
     149logged on, and the system load averages</para>
     150<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
     151</listitem>
     152</varlistentry>
     153
     154<varlistentry id="vmstat">
     155<term><command>vmstat</command></term>
     156<listitem>
     157<para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
     158processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU activity</para>
     159<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
     160</listitem>
     161</varlistentry>
     162
     163<varlistentry id="w">
     164<term><command>w</command></term>
     165<listitem>
     166<para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when</para>
     167<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
     168</listitem>
     169</varlistentry>
     170
     171<varlistentry id="watch">
     172<term><command>watch</command></term>
     173<listitem>
     174<para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
     175output; this allows a user to watch the output change over time</para>
     176<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
     177</listitem>
     178</varlistentry>
     179
     180<varlistentry id="libproc">
     181<term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
     182<listitem>
     183<para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this package</para>
     184<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
     185</listitem>
     186</varlistentry>
     187</variablelist>
    39188
    40189</sect2>
    41190
    42191</sect1>
     192
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