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author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/procps-desc.xml b/appendixa/procps-desc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8c31cbcd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/procps-desc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Contents</title> + +<para> +The Procps package contains the free, kill, oldps, ps, skill, snice, +sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch programs. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2><title>Description</title> + +<sect3><title>free</title> + +<para> +free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory +in the system, as well as the shared memory and buffers used by the kernel. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>kill</title> + +<para> +kills sends signals to processes. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>oldps and ps</title> + +<para> +ps gives a snapshot of the current processes. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>skill</title> + +<para> +skill sends signals to process matching a criteria. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>snice</title> + +<para> +snice changes the scheduling priority for process matching a criteria. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>sysctl</title> + +<para> +sysctl modifies kernel parameters at runtime. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>tload</title> + +<para> +tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the specified +tty (or the tty of the tload process if none is specified). +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>top</title> + +<para> +top provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>uptime</title> + +<para> +uptime gives a one line display of the following information: the current +time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently +logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>vmstat</title> + +<para> +vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, +traps, and cpu activity. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>w</title> + +<para> +w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and +their processes. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>watch</title> + +<para> +watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). +</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + |