From: Sebastien Godard <sysstat@orange.fr>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:33:55 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: pidstat manual page updated.
X-Git-Tag: v10.0.2~4
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d4a85b3e5d23b7eda288b8ee8e5129fb7e9799f4;p=sysstat

pidstat manual page updated.

Added the description of field %MEM displayed by pidstat -r.

On 06/29/2011 05:43 AM, Carlos Allegri wrote:
> I'm using pidstat version 9.0.6 for monitoring of a mail server.
> I run: "pidstat -r"
> Then, in the output:  "PID  minflt/s  majflt/s     VSZ    RSS   %MEM  Command", I see the column "%MEM" which isn't explained in the manual.
> Could you tell me, which is the meaning of this column?
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c1373f4..9532368 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ Changes:
 xxxx/xx/xx: Version 10.0.2 - Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr)
 	* sadf modified to make it easier to add new output formats.
 	  Its design is still not generic anyway.
+	* Option -T added to sadf: This option tells sadf to display
+	  timestamps in seconds since the epoch (when applicable).
 	* [Jeroen Roovers]: Automate translation files handling in
 	  Makefile.in.
 	* DTD and XSD documents updated.
 	* sadf manual page updated.
+	* pidstat manual page updated: Added description of field %MEM
+	  displayed by pidstat -r.
 	* Various cosmetic changes (sar.c, sadf.c).
 	* CREDITS file updated.
 
diff --git a/man/pidstat.1 b/man/pidstat.1
index 50e3104..d20e0c5 100644
--- a/man/pidstat.1
+++ b/man/pidstat.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PIDSTAT 1 "JUNE 2010" Linux "Linux User's Manual" -*- nroff -*-
+.TH PIDSTAT 1 "AUGUST 2011" Linux "Linux User's Manual" -*- nroff -*-
 .SH NAME
 pidstat \- Report statistics for Linux tasks.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ Resident Set Size: The non-swapped physical memory
 used by the task in kilobytes.
 .RE
 
+.B %MEM
+.RS
+The tasks's currently used share of available physical memory.
+.RE
+
 .B Command
 .RS
 The command name of the task.