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authorSiri Hansen <[email protected]>2011-03-05 19:07:08 +0100
committerSiri Hansen <[email protected]>2011-03-05 19:07:08 +0100
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Improve documentation for etop
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diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml
index 1ea67e6864..78047caab3 100644
--- a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml
+++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2002</year>
- <year>2007</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -26,27 +26,33 @@
<title>etop</title>
<prepared>Siri hansen</prepared>
<responsible></responsible>
- <docno>1</docno>
+ <docno></docno>
<approved></approved>
<checked></checked>
- <date>2002-03-27</date>
- <rev>PA1</rev>
- <file>etop.sgml</file>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev></rev>
+ <file></file>
</header>
<module>etop</module>
<modulesummary>Erlang Top is a tool for presenting information about erlang processes similar to the information presented by "top" in UNIX.</modulesummary>
<description>
+
<p><c>etop</c> should be started with the provided scripts
<c>etop</c> and <c>getop</c> for text based and graphical
- presentation respectively. Under Windows the batch files
- <c>etop.bat</c> and <c>getop.bat</c> can be used.
- </p>
- <p>All interaction with <c>etop</c> when running the graphical
- presentation should happen via the menus. For the text based
- presentation the functions described below can be used.
- </p>
- <p>The following configuration parameters exist for <c>etop</c>.
- </p>
+ presentation respectively. This will start a hidden erlang node
+ which connects to the node to be measured. The measured node is
+ given with the <c>-node</c> option. If the measured node has a
+ different cookie than the default cookie for the user who
+ invokes the script, the cookie must be explicitly given witht
+ the <c>-setcookie</c> option.</p>
+
+ <p>Under Windows the batch files <c>etop.bat</c> and
+ <c>getop.bat</c> can be used.</p>
+
+ <p>The following configuration parameters exist for the
+ <c>etop</c> tool. When executing the <c>etop</c> or <c>getop</c>
+ scripts, these parameters can be given as command line options,
+ e.g. <c>getop -node testnode@myhost -setcookie MyCookie</c>.</p>
<taglist>
<tag>node</tag>
<item>The measured node.
@@ -96,6 +102,15 @@ Default: <c>runtime</c> (<c>reductions</c> if
Value: <c>on | off</c> <br></br>
Default: <c>on</c></item>
</taglist>
+
+ <p>All interaction with <c>etop</c> when running the graphical
+ presentation should happen via the menus. For the text based
+ presentation the functions described below can be used.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>See the <seealso marker="etop_ug">user's guide</seealso> for
+ more information about the <c>etop</c> tool.</p>
+
</description>
<funcs>
<func>