1 .TH rwtop 1m "$Date:: 2007-08-05 #$" "USER COMMANDS"
3 rwtop \- display top read/write bytes process. Uses DTrace.
6 [\-Cc] [\-j|\-Z] [\-n name] [\-p PID]
7 [\-t top] [interval [count]]
9 This is measuring reads and writes at the application level.
10 This matches read and write system calls.
12 Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the
13 dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command.
17 stable - needs the sysinfo provider.
21 don't clear the screen
43 Default output, print summary every 5 seconds
53 Print top 10 lines only,
58 Monitor processes named "bash",
63 Print 12 x 5 second samples, scrolling,
86 command name for the process
89 direction, Read or Write
92 total bytes during sample
98 total read Kb for sample
101 total write Kb for sample
104 See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the
105 Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked
106 examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.
108 rwtop will run forever until Ctrl\-C is hit, or the specified
114 iotop(1M), dtrace(1M)