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Apache::Symdump(3)                   User Contributed Perl Documentation                  Apache::Symdump(3)



NAME
       Apache::Symdump - Symbol table snapshots

SYNOPSIS
        PerlLogHandler Apache::Symdump

DESCRIPTION
       Apache:Symdump uses Devel::Symdump to record snapshots of the Perl symbol table in
       ServerRoot/logs/symdump.$$.$n Where $$ is the process id and $n is incremented each time the handler
       is run.  The diff utility can be used to compare snapshots and get an idea of what might be making a
       process grow.  Normally, new symbols come from modules or scripts that were not preloaded, the Perl
       method cache, etc.

        % diff -u symdump.$$.0 symdump.$$.1

CAVEATS
       Apache::Symdump does not cleanup up its snapshot files, do so simply by:

        % rm logs/symdump.* logs/incdump.*

SEE ALSO
       Devel::Symdump(3), Apache::Leak(3)

AUTHOR
       Doug MacEachern



perl v5.8.8                                      2000-03-30                               Apache::Symdump(3)