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sigdist.d(1m)                                   USER COMMANDS                                  sigdist.d(1m)



NAME
       sigdist.d - signal distribution by process. Uses DTrace.

SYNOPSIS
       sigdist.d

DESCRIPTION
       This  is a simple DTrace script that prints the number of signals recieved by process and signal num-ber. number.
       ber. This script is also available as /usr/demo/dtrace/sig.d, where it originates.

       Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel  privilege  can  run  this
       command.

EXAMPLES
       This samples until Ctrl-C is hit.
              # sigdist.d


FIELDS
       SENDER process name of sender

       RECIPIENT
              process name of target

       SIG    signal number, see signal(3head)

       COUNT  number of signals sent


BASED ON
       /usr/demo/dtrace/sig.d


DOCUMENTATION
       DTrace Guide "proc Provider" chapter (docs.sun.com)

       See  the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may
       include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.

EXIT
       sigdist.d will sample until Ctrl-C is hit.

SEE ALSO
       kill.d(1M), dtrace(1M)




version 1.00                                    Jun 09, 2005                                   sigdist.d(1m)