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diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop_ug.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop_ug.xml index 7059f689d3..d663b089c2 100644 --- a/lib/observer/doc/src/etop_ug.xml +++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/etop_ug.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2002</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -32,15 +32,25 @@ <section> <title>Introduction</title> - <p>Erlang Top, <c>etop</c> is a tool for presenting information - about erlang processes similar to the information presented by + <p>Erlang Top, <c>etop</c>, is a tool for presenting information + about Erlang processes similar to the information presented by <c>top</c> in UNIX. </p> </section> + <section> + <title>Getting Started</title> + <p>Start Erlang Top in either of the following ways:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>Use script <c>etop</c>.</item> + <item>Use batch file <c>etop.bat</c>, for example, + <c>etop -node tiger@durin</c>.</item> + </list> + </section> + <section> <title>Output</title> - <p>The output from <c>etop</c> looks like this:</p> + <p>The output from Erlang Top is as follows:</p> <code type="none"><![CDATA[ ======================================================================================== tiger@durin 13:40:32 @@ -65,59 +75,60 @@ Pid Name or Initial Func Time Reds Memory MsgQ Current Func <p>The header includes some system information: </p> <taglist> - <tag>Load</tag> - <item><c>cpu</c> is <c>Runtime/Wallclock</c>, i.e. the - percentage of time where the node has been - active, <c>procs</c> is the number of processes on the node, - and <c>runq</c> is the number of processes that are ready to - run.</item> - <tag>Memory</tag> - <item>This is the memory allocated by the node in kilo bytes.</item> + <tag><c>Load</c></tag> + <item> + <taglist> + <tag><c>cpu</c></tag> + <item><p><c>Runtime/Wallclock</c>, that is, the percentage of time + where the node has been active.</p></item> + <tag><c>procs</c></tag> + <item><p>The number of processes on the node.</p></item> + <tag><c>runq</c></tag> + <item><p>The number of processes that are ready to run.</p></item> + </taglist> + </item> + <tag><c>Memory</c></tag> + <item><p>The memory allocated by the node in kilobytes.</p></item> </taglist> <p>For each process the following information is presented: </p> <taglist> - <tag>Time</tag> - <item>This is the runtime for the process, i.e. the actual - time the process has been scheduled in.</item> - <tag>Reds</tag> - <item>This is the number of reductions that has been executed - on the process</item> - <tag>Memory</tag> - <item>This is the size of the process in bytes, obtained by a - call to <c>process_info(Pid,memory)</c>.</item> - <tag>MsgQ</tag> - <item>This is the length of the message queue for the process.</item> + <tag><c>Time</c></tag> + <item><p>The runtime for the process, that is, the time that the process + has been scheduled in.</p></item> + <tag><c>Reds</c></tag> + <item><p>The number of reductions executed on the process.</p></item> + <tag><c>Memory</c></tag> + <item><p>The size of the process in bytes, obtained by a + call to <c>process_info(Pid,memory)</c>.</p></item> + <tag><c>MsgQ</c></tag> + <item><p>The length of the message queue for the process.</p></item> </taglist> <note> <p><em>Time</em> and <em>Reds</em> can be presented as - accumulated values or as values since last update.</p> + accumulated values or as values since the last update.</p> </note> </section> - <section> - <title>Start</title> - <p>To start etop use the script - <c>etop</c> or the batch file <c>etop.bat</c>, e.g. <c>etop -node tiger@durin</c>, - </p> - </section> - - <section> + <section> <title>Configuration</title> <p>All configuration parameters can be set at start by adding - <c>-OptName Value</c> to the command line, e.g. <c>etop -node tiger@durin -setcookie mycookie -lines 15</c>. - </p> - <p>The parameters <c>lines</c>, <c>interval</c>, <c>accumulate</c> - and <c>sort</c> can be changed during runtime by the - function <c>etop:config/2</c>. - </p> - <p>A list of all valid configuration parameters can be found in - the reference manual for <c>etop</c>. + <c>-OptName Value</c> to the command line, for example:</p> + <pre> +% <input>etop -node tiger@durin -setcookie mycookie -lines 15</input></pre> + + <p>A list of all valid Erlang Top configuration parameters is available in + module <seealso marker="etop"><c>etop</c></seealso>. </p> - <section> - <title>Example: Change configuration with text based presentation</title> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <p>The parameters <c>lines</c>, <c>interval</c>, <c>accumulate</c>, + and <c>sort</c> can be changed during runtime with function + <seealso marker="etop#config/2"><c>etop:config/2</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p><em>Example:</em></p> + <p>Change configuration parameter <c>lines</c> with text-based presentation. + Before the change, 10 lines are presented as follows:</p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ ======================================================================================== tiger@durin 10:12:39 Load: cpu 0 Memory: total 1858 binary 33 @@ -137,8 +148,14 @@ Pid Name or Initial Func Time Reds Memory MsgQ Current Func <127.43.0> ddll_server 0 582 3744 0 gen_server:loop/6 <127.5.0> application_controll 0 569 6756 0 gen_server:loop/6 ======================================================================================== ]]></code> - <p><em><c>etop:config(lines,5).</c></em> <br></br> -<em><c>ok</c></em></p> + <p>Function <c>etop:config/2</c> is called to change the number of showed + lines to 5:</p> + + <pre> +> <input>etop:config(lines,5).</input> +ok</pre> + + <p>After the change, 5 lines are presented as follows:</p> <code type="none"><![CDATA[ (etop@durin)2> ======================================================================================== @@ -156,19 +173,20 @@ Pid Name or Initial Func Time Reds Memory MsgQ Current Func <127.43.0> ddll_server 0 0 3744 0 gen_server:loop/6 ======================================================================================== ]]></code> - </section> </section> <section> - <title>Print to file</title> - <p>At any time, the current <c>etop</c> display can be dumped to a - text file with the function <c>etop:dump/1</c>. + <title>Print to File</title> + <p>At any time, the current Erlang Top display can be dumped to a + text file with function + <seealso marker="etop#dump/1"><c>etop:dump/1</c></seealso>. </p> </section> <section> <title>Stop</title> - <p>Use the function <c>etop:stop/0</c> to stop <c>etop</c>. + <p>To stop Erlang Top, use function + <seealso marker="etop#stop/0"><c>etop:stop/0</c></seealso>. </p> </section> </chapter> |