syscallbypid.d.1m   [plain text]


.TH syscallbypid.d 1m  "Jun 28, 2005" "version 1.00" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
syscallbypid.d \- syscalls by process ID. Uses DTrace.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B syscallbypid.d
.SH DESCRIPTION
This reports the number of each type of system call made by PID.
This is useful to identify which process is causing the most 
system calls.

This is based on a script from DExplorer.

Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
This samples until Ctrl\-C is hit.
# 
.B syscallbypid.d
.PP
.SH FIELDS
.TP
PID
process ID
.TP
CMD
process name
.TP
SYSCALL
system call name
.TP
COUNT
number of system calls made in this sample
.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
syscallbypid.d will sample until Ctrl\-C is hit.
.SH AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg
[Sydney, Australia]
.SH SEE ALSO
procsystime(1M), dtrace(1M), truss(1)