Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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Craig Small 823b6a3b1a library: Use standard major minor macros
I'm not sure why you would roll your own macros for major and minor
while the standard includes have these defined. Using our versions
causes two problems:
 - Some systems don't use this format for their minor/major
 - If the kernel proc interface becomes a 64-bit number, like
   dev_t is in the library, then our macro will need to be changed.

autoconf already had the check and as a bonus for anyone that
puts these definitions in sys/mkdev.h it handles that too.

So this is now the standard way of getting a minor/major number out of a
device id. Examining bits/sysmacros.h showed that their defines are
close to what devname.c had, except it can handle 64-bit numbers.

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>
2022-05-03 20:13:49 +10:00
contrib miscellaneous: clean up trailing whitespace once again 2013-04-07 18:05:01 +10:00
doc doc: minor tweaks affecting three newlib man documents 2022-02-27 21:27:02 +11:00
Documentation library: oh no, failed to right-justify 1 comment line 2021-10-28 07:06:57 +11:00
include c: print strerror() instead of error code. 2021-06-16 20:02:59 +10:00
lib testsuite: shmget returns an int 2022-05-03 19:41:00 +10:00
man-po nls: man-po fixes 2022-03-23 17:56:20 +11:00
misc
po nls: Update translations 2022-03-22 21:40:10 +11:00
proc library: Use standard major minor macros 2022-05-03 20:13:49 +10:00
ps signal: fix suspending ps when receving SIGTERM or SIGHUP 2022-04-26 20:24:42 +10:00
testsuite testsuite shmid can be hex too 2022-05-03 19:37:39 +10:00
top top: turn off the 'Ctrl' bottom window after some keys 2022-05-03 19:21:21 +10:00
.gitignore library: Rename to libproc-2 2021-02-20 22:30:31 +11:00
.gitlab-ci.yml test: Update gitlab CI YAML to use shared runner 2016-04-20 22:20:55 +10:00
AUTHORS Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
autogen.sh Remove autogen.sh libtool prog check #222. 2021-10-13 20:38:22 +00:00
ChangeLog Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
configure.ac build-sys: 2022-04-11 17:09:53 +10:00
COPYING license: update FSF addresses 2012-03-04 08:04:24 +11:00
COPYING.LIB miscellaneous: clean up trailing whitespace once again 2013-04-07 18:05:01 +10:00
create-man-pot.sh misc: Update translations _________________ (catch up) 2018-05-06 07:19:38 +10:00
free.1 free: option to show memory commit limits 2021-06-16 20:29:03 +10:00
free.c free: Use wstr width and not length 2022-02-01 16:46:09 +11:00
INSTALL.md INSTALL.md: Replace blockquotes with code blocks 2020-04-24 18:56:16 +10:00
kill.1 kill: use sigqueue to pass value with the signal. 2020-05-11 17:36:12 +10:00
kill.c kill: use sigqueue to pass value with the signal. 2020-05-11 17:36:12 +10:00
Makefile.am testsuite: Add check for shared memory 2022-04-26 22:04:05 +10:00
NEWS doc: add variable width data display without scrolling 2022-05-03 19:21:21 +10:00
pgrep.1 First cut at subset=pid proc mount handling 2021-12-16 20:36:00 +11:00
pgrep.c pgrep: adapted to the library changes for 'TIME' stuff 2022-02-27 21:27:02 +11:00
pidof.1 Merge branch 'teknoraver/procps-master' 2020-12-22 14:36:09 +11:00
pidof.c Merge branch 'teknoraver/procps-master' 2020-12-22 14:36:09 +11:00
pidwait.1 pidwait: Rename from pwait 2021-02-15 21:55:05 +11:00
pkill.1
pmap.1 docs: some manpage fixes 2020-06-04 22:33:16 +10:00
pmap.c pmap: Don't reopen stdin for reading file 2022-04-26 21:18:03 +10:00
pwdx.1 docs: some manpage fixes 2020-06-04 22:33:16 +10:00
pwdx.c 0021-pwdx: Fix a misleading comment. 2018-06-23 21:59:14 +10:00
README.md misc: Fix typo 2021-10-14 07:57:27 +11:00
skill.1 skill: support namespaces 2013-04-18 13:59:44 -04:00
skill.c all: make buildable again for new 'misc.h' header file 2021-01-21 17:30:25 +11:00
slabtop.1 slabtop: Check for bad d and o option combination 2021-03-11 22:10:37 +11:00
slabtop.c slabtop: Check for bad d and o option combination 2021-03-11 22:10:37 +11:00
snice.1
sysctl.8 sysctl man page update for pattern 2021-05-29 16:20:02 +10:00
sysctl.c sysctl: print dotted keys again 2022-04-09 14:18:28 +10:00
sysctl.conf misc: Add some link examples to sysctl.conf (catch up) 2018-05-06 07:19:38 +10:00
sysctl.conf.5 docs: Add note in sysctl.conf.5 for line length 2021-09-15 21:45:26 +10:00
tload.1 docs: some manpage fixes 2020-06-04 22:33:16 +10:00
tload.c all: make buildable again for new 'misc.h' header file 2021-01-21 17:30:25 +11:00
translate-man.sh Fixed translate-man.sh for no top ps 2014-05-28 20:12:33 +10:00
uptime.1 docs: Fix typos in slabtop.1, sysctl.8 and uptime.1 2014-09-16 19:35:28 +02:00
uptime.c First cut at subset=pid proc mount handling 2021-12-16 20:36:00 +11:00
vmstat.8 vmstat: use KiB/s for bi/bo instead of blocks/s 2021-11-14 18:48:12 +11:00
vmstat.c First cut at subset=pid proc mount handling 2021-12-16 20:36:00 +11:00
w.1 docs: some manpage fixes 2020-06-04 22:33:16 +10:00
w.c w: responded to those library changes for 'TIME' stuff 2022-02-27 21:27:02 +11:00
watch.1 watch.1: Correct long option for no linewrap. 2021-04-24 12:01:49 +10:00
watch.c Coverity scan findings - memleaks, unused vars, potential nullptr dereferences 2021-05-10 20:09:20 +10:00

build status procps

procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures. The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.

The following programs are found in procps:

  • free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system
  • kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID
  • pgrep - List processes based on name or other attributes
  • pkill - Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes
  • pmap - Report memory map of a process
  • ps - Report information of processes
  • pwdx - Report current directory of a process
  • skill - Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill
  • slabtop - Display kernel slab cache information in real time
  • snice - Renice a process
  • sysctl - Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time
  • tload - Graphical representation of system load average
  • top - Dynamic real-time view of running processes
  • uptime - Display how long the system has been running
  • vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
  • w - Report logged in users and what they are doing
  • watch - Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen

Reporting Bugs

There are a few ways of reporting bugs or feature requests:

  1. Your distribution's bug reporter. If you are using a distribution your first port of call is their bug tracker. This is because each distribution has their own patches and way of dealing with bugs. Also bug reporting often does not need any subscription to websites.
  2. GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
  3. Email list - We have an email list (see below) where you can report bugs. The problem with this method is bug reports often get lost and cannot be tracked. This is especially a big problem when its something that will take time to resolve.

If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.

Email List

The email list for the developers and users of procps is found at http://www.freelists.org/archive/procps/ This email list discusses the development of procps and is used by distributions to also forward or discuss bugs.