diff --git a/psstop.1.md b/psstop.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14afee0 --- /dev/null +++ b/psstop.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +psstop(1) -- memory snapshot of the current processes based on /proc +==================================================================== + +## SYNOPSIS + +`psstop` + +## DESCRIPTION + + +PPSTOP tracks the amount of memory from the process' proportional share of this +mapping (Pss) and the proportional swap share of the mapping (SwapPss). The +momory information came from smaps (/proc/PID/smaps). The /proc/PID/smaps is an +extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption for each of the +process's mappings. + +## SYNTAX + +`psstop` is meant to be directly executed from the +command line as : + + psstop + + [...] + + 0 Kb: (sd-pam) (24051) + 1122 Kb: tmux: server (31523) + 4 Kb: bash (31524) + 4 Kb: bash (31525) + 4 Kb: vim (31684) + Total is 14958Kb (174 processes) + +## EXIT STATUS + +On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. + +## COPYRIGHT + + * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, version 3 or later of the License + +## SEE ALSO + + * ps(1) + + * free(1) + +