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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-07-14 21:03:06 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-07-14 21:03:06 +0100 |
commit | 8376ef56580626e9c0f796d5b85b53a0a1c7d5f5 (patch) | |
tree | 7681bbd4e8b05407772df40a4bf04cbbc8afc3fa /app-admin/cpulimit/files | |
parent | 30a9caf154332f12ca60756e1b75d2f0e3e1822d (diff) |
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diff --git a/app-admin/cpulimit/files/cpulimit.8 b/app-admin/cpulimit/files/cpulimit.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e6dcf9bbf42 --- /dev/null +++ b/app-admin/cpulimit/files/cpulimit.8 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.TH CPULIMIT "8" "July 2006" "cpulimit" "System Management" +.SH NAME +cpulimit -- limits the CPU usage of a process +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B cpulimit +\fITARGET \fR[\fIOPTIONS\fR...] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.P +\fITARGET \fRmust be exactly one of these: +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pid\fR=\fIN\fR +pid of the process +.TP +\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-exe\fR=\fIFILE\fR +name of the executable program file +.TP +\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-path\fR=\fIPATH\fR +absolute path name of the executable program file +.P +\fIOPTIONS\fR +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-limit\fR=\fIN\fR +percentage of CPU allowed from 0 to 100 (mandatory) +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR +show control statistics +.TP +\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-lazy\fR +exit if there is no suitable target process, or if it dies +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.SH EXAMPLES +Assuming you have started \fB`foo \-\-bar`\fR and you find out with \fItop\fR(1) or +\fIps\fR(1) that this process uses all your CPU time you can either +.TP +\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-e foo \-l 50\fR +limits the CPU usage of the process by acting on the executable program file +(note: the argument "\-\-bar" is omitted) +.TP +\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-p 1234 \-l 50\fR +limits the CPU usage of the process by acting on its PID, as shown by +\fIps\fR(1) +.TP +\[sh] \fBcpulimit \-P /usr/bin/foo \-l 50\fR +same as \fI\-e\fR but uses the absolute path name +.SH AUTHOR +This manpage was written for the Debian project by gregor herrmann +<gregor+debian@comodo.priv.at> but may be used by others. |