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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-05-03 10:59:46 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-05-03 10:59:46 +0000
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@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-procps" xreflabel="Procps">
-<title>Installing Procps-&procps-version;</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="procps.html" dir="chapter06"?>
+<title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps"><primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary></indexterm>
<para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
-<screen>&buildtime; &procps-time;
-&diskspace; &procps-compsize;</screen>
+<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
+&diskspace; 6.2 MB</screen>
+
+<para>Procps installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc,
+Make, Ncurses.</para>
-&aa-procps-down;
-&aa-procps-dep;
-<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Procps</title>
@@ -23,14 +30,90 @@
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>And remove a spurious library link:</para>
+<para>Remove a spurious library link:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm /lib/libproc.so</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
-&aa-procps-shortdesc;
-&aa-procps-desc;
-</sect1>
+<sect2 id="contents-procps"><title>Contents of Procps</title>
+
+<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: free, kill, pgrep, pkill,
+pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch</para>
+
+<para><emphasis>Installed library</emphasis>: libproc.so</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="free"><command>free</command> reports the amount of free and used memory
+in the system, both physical and swap memory.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="kill"><command>kill</command> is used to send signals to processes.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="pgrep"><command>pgrep</command> looks up processes based on their name
+and other attributes.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="pkill"><command>pkill</command> signals processes based on their name
+and other attributes.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="pmap"><command>pmap</command> reports the memory map of the given
+process.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="ps"><command>ps</command> gives a snapshot of the current processes.</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="skill"><command>skill</command> sends signals to processes matching the
+given criteria.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="snice"><command>snice</command> changes the scheduling priority of processes
+matching the given criteria.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="sysctl"><command>sysctl</command> modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="tload"><command>tload</command> prints a graph of the current system load
+average.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="top"><command>top</command> displays the top CPU processes. It provides
+an ongoing look at processor activity in real time.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="uptime"><command>uptime</command> reports how long the system has been
+running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="vmstat"><command>vmstat</command> reports virtual memory statistics, giving
+information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, and CPU
+activity.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="w"><command>w</command> shows which users are currently logged on,
+where and since when.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="watch"><command>watch</command> runs a given command repeatedly,
+displaying the first screen-full of its output. This allows you to watch the
+output change over time.</para>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
+<para id="libproc"><command>libproc</command> contains the functions used by most
+programs in this package.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+
+</sect1>