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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Sami Kerola 71d10d3a49 name change: procps -> procps-ng
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
proc name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
ps name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
.gitignore build-sys: take autotools in use again 2011-06-04 17:22:44 +02:00
AUTHORS new authors 2002-10-10 21:18:13 +00:00
autogen.sh name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +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 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
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
dummy.c check_gcc for -m64, pmap shows shmid 2004-01-29 22:28:13 +00:00
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 build-sys: take autotools in use again 2011-06-04 17:22:44 +02:00
minimal.c dietlibc needs termios.h for struct winsize -- thanks Thomas Ogrisegg 2005-10-30 00:04:21 +00:00
NEWS name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
pgrep.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
pgrep.c pgrep: usage error should exit with 2 2007-05-28 00:16:39 +00:00
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 update /dev/tty* info to May 2009 devices.txt 2009-05-03 06:39:33 +00:00
pwdx.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
pwdx.c Fix potential bufferoverflow in pwdx 2011-01-18 16:15:15 +01:00
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 note UNIX standard self-conflict 2008-03-24 05:57:28 +00:00
slabtop.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
slabtop.c fix overflow on huge NUMA boxes 2005-01-05 21:46:22 +00:00
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.c: crash due missing include 2011-06-04 17:22:44 +02:00
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 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
tmp-junk.c procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
TODO name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
top.1 Fixed per-process swap information in top and related cleanup. 2011-06-02 12:15:14 +02:00
top.c Fixed per-process swap information in top and related cleanup. 2011-06-02 12:15:14 +02:00
top.h Fixed per-process swap information in top and related cleanup. 2011-06-02 12:15:14 +02:00
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
utmp.c procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
vmstat.8 Manual pages fixes 2011-02-23 09:17:54 +01:00
vmstat.c Headers for disk and slab info and getopt replacement 2010-12-16 10:19:14 +01:00
w.1 name change: procps -> procps-ng 2011-06-04 20:50:12 +02:00
w.c Do not let sysctl abort due a missed file or directory under /proc. 2011-01-19 12:26:01 +01:00
watch.1 Manual pages fixes 2011-02-23 09:17:54 +01:00
watch.c watch.c: fix version printing 2011-06-04 17:22:44 +02:00

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.