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+.TH pl_flow.d 1m "$Date:: 2007-10-03 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
+.SH NAME
+pl_flow.d - snoop Perl execution showing subroutine flow.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pl_flow.d
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This traces Perl activity from all Perl programs on the system
+running with Perl provider support.
+
+This watches Perl subroutine entries and returns, and indents child
+subroutine calls.
+.SH OS
+Any
+.SH STABILITY
+Evolving - uses the DTrace Perl provider, which may change
+as additional features are introduced. Check Perl/Readme
+to see what version these scripts are based on.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+Default output,
+#
+.B pl_flow.d
+.PP
+.SH FIELDS
+.TP
+C
+CPU-id
+.TP
+TIME(us)
+Time since boot, us
+.TP
+FILE
+Filename that this subroutine belongs to
+.TP
+SUB
+Subroutine name
+.SH LEGEND
+.TP
+\->
+subroutine entry
+.TP
+<\-
+subroutine return
+.SH WARNING
+Watch the first column carefully, it prints the CPU-id. If it
+changes, then it is very likely that the output has been shuffled.
+.PP
+.SH DOCUMENTATION
+See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the
+Examples, Notes and Docs directories. The example files may be
+especially useful as they aim to demonstrate how to interpret
+the output.
+.SH EXIT
+pl_flow.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Brendan Gregg
+[CA, USA]
+.SH SEE ALSO
+dtrace(1M)