.TH pl_flowtime.d 1m "$Date:: 2007-10-03 #$" "USER COMMANDS" .SH NAME pl_flowtime.d - snoop Perl subroutines with flow and delta times. .SH SYNOPSIS .B pl_flowtime.d .SH DESCRIPTION This traces shell activity from Perl programs on the system that are running with Perl provider support. This watches Perl subroutine entries and returns, and indents child subroutine calls. Filename and subroutine names are printed if available. .SH OS Any .SH STABILITY Evolving - uses the DTrace Perl provider, which may change as additional features are introduced. Check Perl/Readme to see what version these scripts are based on. .SH EXAMPLES .TP Default output, # .B pl_flowtime.d .PP .SH FIELDS .TP C CPU-id .TP TIME(us) Time since boot, us .TP FILE Filename that this subroutine belongs to .TP DELTA(us) Elapsed time from previous line to this line .TP SUB Perl subroutine name .SH LEGEND .TP \-> method entry .TP <\- method return .SH WARNING Watch the first column carefully, it prints the CPU-id. If it changes, then it is very likely that the output has been shuffled. .PP .SH DOCUMENTATION See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Examples, Notes and Docs directories. The example files may be especially useful as they aim to demonstrate how to interpret the output. .SH EXIT pl_flowtime.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit. .SH AUTHOR Brendan Gregg [CA, USA] .SH SEE ALSO dtrace(1M)