2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 menu "Process Utilities"
12 free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap
13 memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel.
14 The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.
20 fuser lists all PIDs (Process IDs) that currently have a given
21 file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network
22 (TCP or UDP) port open.
28 The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified
29 process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
37 killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the
38 specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
50 Prints selected system stats continuously, one line per update.
56 Look for processes by name.
62 Pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints
63 those id's on the standard output.
65 config FEATURE_PIDOF_SINGLE
66 bool "Enable argument for single shot (-s)"
70 Support argument '-s' for returning only the first pid found.
72 config FEATURE_PIDOF_OMIT
73 bool "Enable argument for omitting pids (-o)"
77 Support argument '-o' for omitting the given pids in output.
78 The special pid %PPID can be used to name the parent process
79 of the pidof, in other words the calling shell or shell script.
85 Send signals to processes by name.
91 ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.
93 config FEATURE_PS_WIDE
94 bool "Enable argument for wide output (-w)"
98 Support argument 'w' for wide output.
99 If given once, 132 chars are printed and given more than
100 one, the length is unlimited.
102 config FEATURE_PS_TIME
103 bool "Enable time and elapsed time output"
105 depends on PS && DESKTOP
107 Support -o time and -o etime output specifiers.
109 config FEATURE_PS_UNUSUAL_SYSTEMS
110 bool "Support Linux prior to 2.4.0 and non-ELF systems"
112 depends on FEATURE_PS_TIME
114 Include support for measuring HZ on old kernels and non-ELF systems
115 (if you are on Linux 2.4.0+ and use ELF, you don't need this)
121 Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
128 Configure kernel parameters at runtime.
134 The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running
137 config FEATURE_TOP_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
138 bool "Show CPU per-process usage percentage (adds 2k bytes)"
142 Make top display CPU usage for each process.
144 config FEATURE_TOP_CPU_GLOBAL_PERCENTS
145 bool "Show CPU global usage percentage (adds 0.5k bytes)"
147 depends on FEATURE_TOP_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
149 Makes top display "CPU: NN% usr NN% sys..." line.
151 config FEATURE_TOP_DECIMALS
152 bool "Show 1/10th of a percent in CPU/mem statistics (adds 0.3k bytes)"
154 depends on FEATURE_TOP_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
156 Show 1/10th of a percent in CPU/mem statistics.
158 config FEATURE_TOPMEM
163 Enable 's' in top (gives lots of memory info)
169 uptime gives a one line display of the current time, how long
170 the system has been running, how many users are currently logged
171 on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
178 watch is used to execute a program periodically, showing
179 output to the screen.