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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Jim Warner 89db82d143 top: provide -1 command line switch as 'Cpu(s)' toggle
If built without ./configure --disable-modern-top, the
program displays each cpu individually providing there
is sufficient vertical screen real estate. For massive
SMP environments this will necessitate use of a config
file where the cpu summary toggle ('1') could be saved
via the 'W' command. But, an rcfile may not be viable.

So this commit introduces a '1' command line switch to
emulate exactly the effects of the interactive toggle.

And since it is our first numeric switch some existing
parsing logic had to be changed slightly. Such changes
are, in truth, an improvement. For example, instead of
seeing "inappropriate '2'" with ./top -2 we'll now see
the vastly more appropriate error "unknown option '2'.

References(s):
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/55

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2017-03-16 21:59:53 +11:00
contrib
Documentation miscellaneous: remove some trailing whitespace buildup 2015-06-20 07:46:23 +10:00
include misc: fix strtod_nol_err tests 2016-07-13 20:08:51 +10:00
lib misc: fix strtod_nol_err tests 2016-07-13 20:08:51 +10:00
man-po ps: recognize SCHED_DEADLINE 2016-11-07 10:23:01 +01:00
misc
po Merge branch 'free_french_alignment' into 'master' 2016-08-23 10:44:53 +00:00
proc Merge branch 'fix-99d71ad' into 'master' 2016-12-20 15:01:18 +00:00
ps ps: provide 'namespace' protection for 32-bit compiles 2016-12-07 21:51:14 +11:00
testsuite kill: -l space between name parses correctly 2017-02-07 22:05:18 +11:00
top top: provide -1 command line switch as 'Cpu(s)' toggle 2017-03-16 21:59:53 +11:00
.gitignore A locale-independent strtod 2016-03-03 21:24:08 +11:00
.gitlab-ci.yml added gettext to dependency 2016-04-20 22:15:27 +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 top: show fewer decimal places for memory (by default) 2017-03-16 21:59:53 +11:00
COPYING license: update FSF addresses 2012-03-04 08:04:24 +11:00
COPYING.LIB
create-man-pot.sh docs: with systemd now in library, remember openproc.3 2014-07-18 20:49:57 +02:00
free.1 watch,free: interpet intervals in non-locale way 2016-07-03 16:14:36 +10:00
free.c watch,free: interpet intervals in non-locale way 2016-07-03 16:14:36 +10:00
INSTALL.md docs: Updated documentation 2015-05-10 17:23:54 +10:00
kill.1
Makefile.am configure.ac: use pkg-config to get ncursesw header location 2016-08-07 11:36:10 +02:00
NEWS top: provide -1 command line switch as 'Cpu(s)' toggle 2017-03-16 21:59:53 +11:00
pgrep.1 pkill: Return 0 if successfully killed process 2017-02-04 11:44:01 +11:00
pgrep.c pkill: Return 0 if successfully killed process 2017-02-04 11:44:01 +11:00
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 16:43:26 +10:00
pkill.1
pmap.1 pmap: Including -p in the man page 2013-11-26 13:45:22 +01:00
pmap.c pmap: fix printing bug associated with the '-x' option 2016-09-11 09:21:44 +10:00
pwdx.1
pwdx.c Handle out of memory conditions. 2015-07-11 21:28:47 +02:00
README.md misc: repair a single instance of 'whitespace' boo-boo 2016-07-09 13:23:27 +10:00
skill.1
skill.c kill: a better option parser 2017-02-07 22:37:36 +11:00
slabtop.1 procps: Add a zero-width break point in slabtop.1 2015-06-01 22:04:40 +10:00
slabtop.c 'slabtop -o' with stdin not a tty would complain 2015-01-24 17:27:12 +11:00
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 sysctl.c: use strchr() instead of index() 2016-08-07 11:32:52 +02:00
sysctl.conf
sysctl.conf.5 misc: remove some newly introduced trailing whitespace 2016-09-26 07:41:04 +10:00
tload.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
tload.c tload: fix lockup 2014-08-27 18:59:27 +02:00
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
vmstat.8 library: reverting tmpfs subtraction from cached (18-FEB-2014) 2014-04-30 13:59:34 +02:00
vmstat.c Use <dirent.h> instead of <sys/dir.h> 2014-08-26 16:01:57 +02:00
w.1
w.c Added Cygwin build support 2016-03-10 15:04:27 -08:00
watch.1 documentation: Update watch man page 2016-07-03 16:16:28 +10:00
watch.c configure.ac: use pkg-config to get ncursesw header location 2016-08-07 11:36:10 +02:00

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.
  2. GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
  3. 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.