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 f87fc7dc83 library: tweak support for get/select/reap, <PIDS> api
When the <pids> api was refactored in the commit shown
below, one objective was enabling the simultaneous use
of 'get' & 'select/reap' functions. Unlike other 'get'
functions, this <pids> 'get' acts as an iterator where
successive calls will return successive tasks/threads.

However, that goal wasn't quite met since a stack used
by 'get' was commingled with the 'select/reap' stacks.
Such commingling supported the 'reset' function, again
a provision which was unique to this <pids> interface.

Unfortunately, some poor assumptions in 'stacks_fetch'
produced a SEGV whenever 'reap/select' followed 'get'.
Thus, this patch addresses those issues and guarantees
such commingled stacks (extents) will be accommodated.

Reference(s):
. standardize portions of interface, <PIDS> api
commit 9ebadc1438

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2019-05-16 21:23:06 +10:00
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include Build fails if not done from the source root directory (#105) 2018-08-08 20:03:16 +10:00
lib procio: fix potential out-of-bounds access when write fails 2019-03-04 21:55:07 +11:00
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proc library: tweak support for get/select/reap, <PIDS> api 2019-05-16 21:23:06 +10:00
ps misc: adapted programs impacted by header file changes 2019-03-26 19:55:30 +11:00
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top top: just correct a couple of misspellings in comments 2019-03-26 19:55:30 +11:00
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configure.ac
COPYING
COPYING.LIB
create-man-pot.sh
free.1
free.c misc: adapted programs impacted by header file changes 2019-03-26 19:55:30 +11:00
INSTALL.md
kill.1
kill.c
Makefile.am
NEWS
pgrep.1 pgrep.c: Match based on process run state for issue 109 2019-03-20 20:59:00 +11:00
pgrep.c pgrep.c: Match based on process run state for issue 109 2019-03-20 20:59:00 +11:00
pidof.1
pidof.c
pkill.1
pmap.1
pmap.c
pwdx.1
pwdx.c
README.md
skill.1
skill.c
slabtop.1
slabtop.c misc: adapted programs impacted by header file changes 2019-03-26 19:55:30 +11:00
snice.1
sysctl.8
sysctl.c sysctl: do not report set key in case close_stream fails 2019-03-04 21:55:24 +11:00
sysctl.conf
sysctl.conf.5
tload.1
tload.c
translate-man.sh
uptime.1
uptime.c
vmstat.8
vmstat.c misc: adapted programs impacted by header file changes 2019-03-26 19:55:30 +11:00
w.1
w.c 0121-w: Clamp maxcmd to the MIN/MAX_CMD_WIDTH range. 2018-06-23 21:59:14 +10:00
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watch.c

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

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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.