Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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Craig Small 2865ded64e Removed xalloc type functions from library
These xalloc functions are a private function for the library. If using
programs need them, then they should make their own error reporting or
use a common file.
2011-12-20 22:56:17 +11:00
contrib contrib: minimal ps: define mips PAGE_SIZE 2011-12-18 22:25:11 +11:00
proc Removed xalloc type functions from library 2011-12-20 22:56:17 +11:00
ps Removed xalloc type functions from library 2011-12-20 22:56:17 +11:00
testsuite Added Debian bug note for pgrep -u and testsuite 2011-12-06 21:37:45 +11:00
.gitignore Rename library and use proper versioning 2011-12-17 22:35:05 +11:00
AUTHORS watch: support unicode 2011-12-19 21:57:09 +11:00
autogen.sh build-sys: sensible errors when autogen.sh requirements are is missing 2011-09-28 21:21:16 +02:00
BUGS name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
ChangeLog build-sys: take autotools in use again 2011-06-04 17:22:44 +02:00
CodingStyle diskstats and slabinfo 2003-06-08 17:28:06 +00:00
configure.ac Fixed watch 8 bit so its optional 2011-12-20 22:12:37 +11:00
COPYING resync due to auto* 2002-09-27 13:26:07 +00:00
COPYING.LIB procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
FAQ adapt redhat FAQ for procps-ng 2011-10-06 21:46:34 +02:00
free.1 docs: free great modernization manual page fixes 2011-04-28 10:10:02 +02:00
free.c name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
kill.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
Makefile.am Fixed watch 8 bit so its optional 2011-12-20 22:12:37 +11:00
NEWS Added news item for top search capability 2011-12-20 22:16:40 +11:00
pgrep.1 pgrep: add -c option for counting number of matched proceesses 2011-12-18 22:30:41 +11:00
pgrep.c pgrep: distinguish between invalid commandline parameters and '-?' 2011-12-18 22:38:03 +11:00
pkill.1 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
pmap.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
pmap.c pmap: provide information for -x option 2011-12-18 22:47:34 +11:00
pwdx.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
pwdx.c pwdx & libprocps-ng: Hurd does not have MAX_PATH defined 2011-12-18 22:30:00 +11:00
README name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
README.top several bug fixes, enhancements and formatting 2011-04-14 07:08:14 +10:00
skill.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
skill.c skill: kill prints perror 2011-12-18 22:52:03 +11:00
slabtop.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
slabtop.c slabtop prints plain ASCII in once mode 2011-12-02 22:36:38 +11:00
snice.1 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
sysctl.8 Manual pages fixes 2011-02-23 09:17:54 +01:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix up some option processing 2011-12-18 22:53:08 +11:00
sysctl.conf misc 2004-08-18 02:22:13 +00:00
sysctl.conf.5 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
tload.1 Manual pages fixes 2011-02-23 09:17:54 +01:00
tload.c tload: remote unneeded optarg and optind variables 2011-12-18 22:53:30 +11:00
TODO name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
top.1 top: update man document for new search capability 2011-12-20 22:15:37 +11:00
top.c Removed xalloc type functions from library 2011-12-20 22:56:17 +11:00
top.h top: add a search capability 2011-12-20 22:15:31 +11:00
uptime.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
uptime.c uptime -V #122521 2002-10-08 18:51:56 +00:00
vmstat.8 vmstat: do not scale si/so just like bi/bo 2011-12-18 22:54:20 +11:00
vmstat.c vmstat -p <part> works and updated version to 3.3.1 2011-11-27 22:47:17 +11:00
w.1 w: use environment to set user and from/host column widths 2011-12-18 22:57:35 +11:00
w.c w: use environment to set user and from/host column widths 2011-12-18 22:57:35 +11:00
watch.1 watch: support unicode 2011-12-19 21:57:09 +11:00
watch.c Fixed watch 8 bit so its optional 2011-12-20 22:12:37 +11:00

COMPATIBILITY

    This code is intended for use with Linux 2.2.xx, 2.4.xx,
    2.6.xx, and hopefully all future kernels. You should be
    running a system with libc 6, but libc 5 might work too.

INSTALLATION

    make
    make install

    Only the second ("make install") is needed if you just
    want to build and install procps-ng in the normal way.

    If you wish to test before installing, use the scripts
    named t, v, and p to ensure that the correct libproc
    (the new one) is used during your testing.

    You may set SKIP to avoid building or installing things.
    For example:

    make SKIP='/bin/kill /usr/share/man/man1/kill.1' install

    Use SHARED=0 to build procps-ng without shared libraries.
    This may be useful for installing in your home directory.

    make SHARED=0 DESTDIR=$HOME install

    Suppose you wanted to install stuff in strange places.
    You might do something like this:

    make usr/bin=/tmp/Q/i/ DESTDIR=/tmp/Q install="install -D" ldconfig=echo install

    If cross-compiling, you might need to set lib64 to
    either "lib" or "lib64". You might need to set m64 to
    -m64, -m32, or nothing at all. Some examples:

    make lib64=lib m64=-m32      # for a bi-arch gcc
    make lib64=lib64 CC=x86_64-gcc
    make lib64=lib CC=alpha-gcc

PACKAGING

    If you are a downstream maintainer (packager) for a Linux distribution,
    please avoid causing troubles. This section applies to you.

    Send patches in regularly. Many patches made by vendors have been buggy,
    some quite severely so. Sending in a patch will at least get it reviewed,
    if not included. There is a procps-ng test suite that must be passed.
    Forward all bug reports. If your bug database is public and busy enough
    to bother with, please make this known. Follow Debian's lead in making
    the bug database easy to comment on via email w/o need for an account.

    Do not change the user interface. Many of the programs are intended to be
    compatible with Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, IRIX, Tru64, and the UNIX standard.
    Your nice new command options WILL BE BROKEN as needed to ensure that
    procps-ng remains compatible with the rest of the world. Sysadmins hate to
    deal with incompatible behavior. If you need a new option, ask for it.

    For normal packages, ensure that you do not add debugging flags
    to the CFLAGS variable. If debugging flags are present, the Makefile
    will avoid adding several optimizations that would interfere with gdb.

    There should be no need to modify the Makefile. You can set variables
    on the "make" command line or use "make -e" to pass variables from
    the environment.

BUG REPORTS

    Email to procps@freelists.org.