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.TH stacksize.d 1m  "Feb 16, 2006" "version 0.70" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
stacksize.d \- measure stack size for running threads. Uses DTrace.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B stacksize.d
.SH DESCRIPTION
This samples the user stack size by process name, and prints a 
distribution plot so that the average stack size can be easily
identified.

Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the
dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit.
# 
.B stacksize.d
.PP
.SH FIELDS
.TP
value
size of the user stack
.TP
count
number of samples at this size
.PP
.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
stacksize.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit.
.SH AUTHOR
Jonathan Adams
.SH SEE ALSO
pmap(1), dtrace(1M)