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+.TH dvmstat 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
+.SH NAME
+dvmstat \- vmstat by PID/name/command. Uses DTrace.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dvmstat
+{ \-p PID | \-n name | command }
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This program provides vmstat like data for one particular PID, a
+process name, or when running a command. It prints statistics
+every second.
+
+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 vminfo provider.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\-p PID
+examine this Process ID
+.TP
+\-n name
+examine processes with this name
+.PP
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+examine PID 1871,
+#
+.B dvmstat
+\-p 1871
+.TP
+examine processes called "tar",
+#
+.B dvmstat
+\-n tar
+.TP
+run and examine "df -h",
+#
+.B dvmstat
+df -h
+.PP
+.SH FIELDS
+.TP
+re
+page reclaims, Kbytes
+.TP
+maj
+major faults, Kbytes
+.TP
+mf
+minor faults, Kbytes
+.TP
+fr
+page frees, Kbytes
+.TP
+epi
+executable page ins, Kbytes
+.TP
+epo
+executable page outs, Kbytes
+.TP
+api
+anonymous page ins, Kbytes
+.TP
+apo
+anonymous page outs, Kbytes
+.TP
+fpi
+filesystem page ins, Kbytes
+.TP
+fpo
+filesystem page outs, Kbytes
+.TP
+sy
+system calls, number
+.PP
+.SH NOTES
+Most of the statistics are in units of kilobytes, unlike the
+original vmstat command which sometimes uses pages.
+.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
+dvmstat will run until Ctrl\-C is hit, or the command it is
+examining ends.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Brendan Gregg
+[Sydney, Australia]
+.SH SEE ALSO
+dtrace(1M), vmstat(1M)