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 40de1c9c7c library: fix order of operations for %use of slabinfo
In some environments, 100 * nr_active_objs is calculated at first,
and lower 32bit of the result is divided by nr_objs.
If 100 * nr_active_objs > 42949672, %use will be incorrect.

Reported by Takayuki Nagata <tnagata@redhat.com> and adopted
his patch for new library (see reference)

References:
 commit 99d71ad581
 http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/PATCH-bprocps-fix-order-of-operations-for-use-of-slabinfo
2016-04-25 20:24:20 +10:00
contrib miscellaneous: clean up trailing whitespace once again 2013-04-07 18:05:01 +10:00
doc docs: Additional flags in man pages 2016-04-19 23:28:53 +10:00
Documentation miscellaneous: remove some trailing whitespace buildup 2015-06-20 07:46:23 +10:00
include tests: update template and add pids 2016-04-19 21:33:02 +10:00
lib tests: Conditionally add prctl to test process 2016-04-17 09:11:24 +10:00
man-po translations: Update all and fix Polish 2015-08-09 17:37:44 +10:00
misc
po lang: Update language files 2016-04-16 17:20:06 +10:00
proc library: fix order of operations for %use of slabinfo 2016-04-25 20:24:20 +10:00
ps misc: adapt others to a changed identifier, <pids> API 2016-04-19 20:38:18 +10:00
testsuite testsuite: kill test fails on signal names 2016-04-11 22:12:58 +10:00
top misc: adapt others to a changed identifier, <pids> API 2016-04-19 20:38:18 +10:00
.gitignore library: tests for sysinfo 2015-07-20 22:23:21 +10:00
.gitlab-ci.yml test: Update gitlab CI YAML to use shared runner 2016-04-20 22:20:55 +10:00
AUTHORS Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
autogen.sh
ChangeLog Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
configure.ac build-sys: Enable optional hardening flags 2016-04-25 17:07:22 +10:00
COPYING
COPYING.LIB miscellaneous: clean up trailing whitespace once again 2013-04-07 18:05:01 +10:00
create-man-pot.sh docs: with systemd now in library, remember openproc.3 2014-07-18 20:49:57 +02:00
free.1 free: use SReclaimable in cached 2015-10-24 14:29:25 +11:00
free.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
INSTALL.md docs: Updated documentation 2015-05-10 17:23:54 +10:00
kill.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
kill.c kill: print usage if no pid is passed in command line 2016-04-11 21:04:41 +10:00
Makefile.am build-sys: Enable optional hardening flags 2016-04-25 17:07:22 +10:00
NEWS pidof: check cmd if space in argv0 2016-04-17 16:55:44 +10:00
pgrep.1 misc: eliminate accumulated trailing whitespace, again 2016-03-12 14:53:53 +11:00
pgrep.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
pidof.1 pidof: support for omitted %PPID and additional separators 2013-10-14 15:38:33 +02:00
pidof.c pidof: check cmd if space in argv0 2016-04-17 16:55:44 +10:00
pkill.1
pmap.1 pmap: Including -p in the man page 2013-11-26 13:45:22 +01:00
pmap.c misc: adapt others to a changed identifier, <pids> API 2016-04-19 20:38:18 +10:00
pwdx.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
pwdx.c Handle out of memory conditions. 2015-07-11 21:28:47 +02:00
README.md misc: eliminate accumulated trailing whitespace, again 2016-03-12 14:53:53 +11:00
skill.1 skill: support namespaces 2013-04-18 13:59:44 -04:00
skill.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
slabtop.1 procps: Add a zero-width break point in slabtop.1 2015-06-01 22:04:40 +10:00
slabtop.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
snice.1
sysctl.8 docs: Fix typos in slabtop.1, sysctl.8 and uptime.1 2014-09-16 19:35:28 +02:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'master' into newlib 2015-10-28 21:09:26 +11:00
sysctl.conf
sysctl.conf.5 docs: Fix typos in sysctl.8 and sysctl.conf.5 2014-09-15 16:24:59 +02:00
tload.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
tload.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
translate-man.sh Fixed translate-man.sh for no top ps 2014-05-28 20:12:33 +10:00
uptime.1 docs: Fix typos in slabtop.1, sysctl.8 and uptime.1 2014-09-16 19:35:28 +02:00
uptime.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
vmstat.8 library: reverting tmpfs subtraction from cached (18-FEB-2014) 2014-04-30 13:59:34 +02:00
vmstat.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
w.1 w: correct program help & man page regarding arguments 2015-09-07 18:11:48 +10:00
w.c library: cleanup of library includes 2016-04-16 17:03:57 +10:00
watch.1 watch: typo in man (closign->closing) 2014-09-12 14:22:48 +02:00
watch.c watch: interpret esc[m sequence 2016-03-10 22:21:13 +11:00

build status 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:

  1. 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.
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If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.

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