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diff --git a/Man/man1m/topsysproc.1m b/Man/man1m/topsysproc.1m new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2f5e1c39d2ce --- /dev/null +++ b/Man/man1m/topsysproc.1m @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.TH topsysproc 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS" +.SH NAME +topsysproc \- top syscalls by process name. Uses DTrace. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B topsysproc +[-Cs] [interval [count]] +.SH DESCRIPTION +This program continually prints a report of the number of system calls +by process name, and refreshes the display every 1 second or as specified +at the command line. Similar data can be fetched with "prstat -m". + +Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the +dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. +.SH OS +Solaris +.SH STABILITY +unstable - uses the hp_avenrun kernel symbol. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\-C +don't clear the screen +.TP +\-s +print per second values +.PP +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +Default output, 1 second updates, +# +.B topsysproc +.TP +Print every 5 seconds, +# +.B topsysproc +5 +.TP +Print a scrolling output, +# +.B topsysproc +\-C +.PP +.SH FIELDS +.TP +load avg +load averages, see uptime(1) +.TP +syscalls +total syscalls in this interval +.TP +syscalls/s +syscalls per second +.TP +PROCESS +process name +.TP +COUNT +total syscalls in this interval +.TP +COUNT/s +syscalls per second +.PP +.SH NOTES +There may be several PIDs with the same process name. +.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 +topsysproc will run until Ctrl\-C is hit. +.SH AUTHOR +Brendan Gregg +[Sydney, Australia] +.SH SEE ALSO +dtrace(1M), prstat(1M) |