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			44 lines
		
	
	
		
			1.4 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
			Plaintext
		
	
	
	
	
	
Recent changes:
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designed to support Linux 2.0 through 2.5.41 and beyond
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new top, with optional: color, windowing, SMP stats
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runs faster
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more "it crashes" bugs fixed
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top shows IO-wait time
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vmstat can show active/inactive memory stats
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real-time info supported in ps
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correct "ps -o size" and "ps --sort size"
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new maintainers
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reduced memory usage for ps
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allow large PIDs to be specified
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SELINUX support is just a recompile away
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the "F" column shrank, so "ps -l" has more command name room
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64-bit time reduces the overflow problem
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support S/390, IA-64 emulator, and user-mode Linux
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oldps is gone
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configure script -- use "make -f Makefile.noam" as a backup
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"w" program better at determining what a user is doing
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more stable
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code at http://procps.sf.net/ now (SourceForge)
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Earlier changes, for those not using Debian already:
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more stable
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runs faster
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-F format option
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better error reporting in ps for unknown format specifiers
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BSD's sysctl options -b and -X
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top displays well on large-memory systems
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old BSD-style select-by-PID ("ps l$$")
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15-character user names
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ps 'f' ASCII art forest fixed
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add SIGSYS on i386
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top reports real RSS value
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large-memory systems work
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minimal ps program for embedded systems (minimal.c)
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BSD personality process selection fixed
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support locale (French) with ',' and '.' mixed up
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pgrep program
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includes the "kill" and "nice" programs
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don't chop non-tty ps output at 80 columns
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