.TH topsysproc 1m "Jun 13, 2005" "version 0.90" "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 users with root privileges can run this command. .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)