rwbypid.d.1m   [plain text]


.TH rwbypid.d 1m  "Jun 28, 2005" "version 1.00" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
rwbypid.d \- read/write calls by PID. Uses DTrace.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rwbypid.d
.SH DESCRIPTION
This script tracks the number of reads and writes at the syscall level
by processes, printing the totals in a report. This matches reads
and writes whether they succeed or not.

Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit.
# 
.B rwbypid.d
.PP
.SH FIELDS
.TP
PID
process ID
.TP
CMD
process name
.TP
DIR
direction, Read or Write
.TP
COUNT
total calls
.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
rwbypid.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit.
.SH AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg
[Sydney, Australia]
.SH SEE ALSO
rwbbypid.d(1M), dtrace(1M)