Harry Putnam wrote:
I'm pretty sure what I want to do is possible but sort of lost as to
how to approach this.
I'd like to track resource usage of a specific app over time. All I
came up with is running a looping script using `ps' and `grep' every
few minutes.
Is there something better available?
In particular, I've noticed the `fam' replacement `gamin' seems to be
a nasty little resource hog at times. I wondered if it even needs to
be running?
rpm -qi gamin gives a nearly useless bit of info:
Description : This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file
alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent
on a system wide daemon.
But also would like to track a few other things just to see what they
are doing over time.
Have you examined the "/proc/process-id-of-task-to-look-at" directory?
Lotsa good stuff in there.
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