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diff --git a/Man/man1m/readbytes.d.1m b/Man/man1m/readbytes.d.1m new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..697339d493e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Man/man1m/readbytes.d.1m @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.TH readbytes.d 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS" +.SH NAME +readbytes.d \- read bytes by process name. Uses DTrace. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B readbytes.d +.SH DESCRIPTION +readbytes.d is a DTrace OneLiner to a report of the number of +bytes read by process name. + +Docs/oneliners.txt and Docs/Examples/oneliners_examples.txt +in the DTraceToolkit contain this as a oneliner that can be cut-n-paste +to run. + +Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the +dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. +.SH OS +Solaris +.SH STABILITY +stable - needs the sysinfo provider. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit. +# +.B readbytes.d +.PP +.SH FIELDS +.TP +first field +This is the process name. There may be several PIDs that have the +same process name, for example with numerous instances of "bash". The +value reported will be the sum of them all. +.TP +second field +This is the number of bytes read. +.PP +.SH DOCUMENTATION +See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the +Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked +examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. +.SH EXIT +readbytes.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit. +.SH AUTHOR +Brendan Gregg +[Sydney, Australia] +.SH SEE ALSO +dtrace(1M), truss(1) + |