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.TH topsysproc 1m  "$Date: 2015/09/30 22:01:09 $" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
topsysproc \- top syscalls by process name. Uses DTrace.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B topsysproc
[-Cs] [interval [count]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program continually prints a report of the number of system calls
by process name, and refreshes the display every 1 second or as specified
at the command line. Similar data can be fetched with "prstat -m".

Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the
dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command.
.SH OS
Solaris
.SH STABILITY
unstable - uses the hp_avenrun kernel symbol.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\-C
don't clear the screen
.TP
\-s
print per second values
.PP
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Default output, 1 second updates,
# 
.B topsysproc
.TP
Print every 5 seconds,
#
.B topsysproc
5
.TP
Print a scrolling output,
#
.B topsysproc
\-C
.PP
.SH FIELDS
.TP
load avg
load averages, see uptime(1)
.TP
syscalls
total syscalls in this interval
.TP
syscalls/s
syscalls per second
.TP
PROCESS
process name
.TP
COUNT
total syscalls in this interval
.TP
COUNT/s
syscalls per second
.PP
.SH NOTES
There may be several PIDs with the same process name.
.PP
.SH DOCUMENTATION
See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the 
Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked
examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.
.SH EXIT
topsysproc will run until Ctrl\-C is hit.
.SH AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg
[Sydney, Australia]
.SH SEE ALSO
dtrace(1M), prstat(1M)