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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. traded a complex misaligned memory allocation scheme in the make_hist function for a simple aligned scheme. plus memory allocation increases are globally defined. . changed 1 parameter for procps_pids_stacks_sort() to better reflect the 'array of pointers', not an address of a pointer as is used with guys such as 'new/unref'. . the pids_reap struct was changed slightly to make it more reflective of it's actual implementation details. . the Item_table member .mustfree is now .needfree and that .makehist was now made .needhist for consistency. . reduced the number of separate 'return NULL;' source statements in that primary procps_pids_reap() routine. . ensured consistent reference to sizeof(void *) & not occasional reference to sizeof(void*) without a space. . rather than enable/disable validate_stacks via a #if in the function body, it is now handled via a #define. . some comments in the procps_pids_reset function were adjusted to reflect this current implementation. shown originally, they reflected an aborted attempt to avoid a testing aberration not fully understood at the time. . added a summary of the memory overhead cost of HST_t processing to that UNREF_RPTHASH output at unref time. . a 'PIDs at max depth:' portion of that UNREF_RPTHASH enabled #define is now published only when the maximum depth of hash table entry chains exceed depths of one. Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net> |
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| misc | ||
| po | ||
| proc | ||
| ps | ||
| testsuite | ||
| top | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| AUTHORS | ||
| autogen.sh | ||
| ChangeLog | ||
| configure.ac | ||
| COPYING | ||
| COPYING.LIB | ||
| create-man-pot.sh | ||
| free.1 | ||
| free.c | ||
| INSTALL.md | ||
| kill.1 | ||
| Makefile.am | ||
| NEWS | ||
| pgrep.1 | ||
| pgrep.c | ||
| pidof.1 | ||
| pidof.c | ||
| pkill.1 | ||
| pmap.1 | ||
| pmap.c | ||
| pwdx.1 | ||
| pwdx.c | ||
| README.md | ||
| skill.1 | ||
| skill.c | ||
| slabtop.1 | ||
| slabtop.c | ||
| snice.1 | ||
| sysctl.8 | ||
| sysctl.c | ||
| sysctl.conf | ||
| sysctl.conf.5 | ||
| tload.1 | ||
| tload.c | ||
| translate-man.sh | ||
| uptime.1 | ||
| uptime.c | ||
| vmstat.8 | ||
| vmstat.c | ||
| w.1 | ||
| w.c | ||
| watch.1 | ||
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procps
procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures. The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.
The following programs are found in procps:
- free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system
- kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID
- pgrep - List processes based on name or other attributes
- pkill - Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes
- pmap - Report memory map of a process
- ps - Report information of processes
- pwdx - Report current directory of a process
- skill - Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill
- slabtop - Display kernel slab cache information in real time
- snice - Renice a process
- sysctl - Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time
- tload - Graphical representation of system load average
- top - Dynamic real-time view of running processes
- uptime - Display how long the system has been running
- vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
- w - Report logged in users and what they are doing
- watch - Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
Reporting Bugs
There are a few ways of reporting bugs or feature requests:
- Your distributions bug reporter. If you are using a distribution your first port of call is their bug tracker. This is because each distribution has their own patches and way of dealing with bugs. Also bug reporting often does not need any subscription to websites.
- GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
- Email list - We have an email list (see below) where you can report bugs. The problem with this method is bug reports often get lost and cannot be tracked. This is especially a big problem when its something that will take time to resolve.
If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.
Email List
The email list for the developers and users of procps is found at http://www.freelists.org/archive/procps/ This email list discusses the development of procps and is used by distributions to also forward or discuss bugs.