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<title>etop</title>
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<prepared>Siri hansen</prepared>
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<responsible></responsible>
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<approved></approved>
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<checked></checked>
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<date>2002-03-27</date>
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<file>etop.sgml</file>
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<module>etop</module>
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<modulesummary>Erlang Top is a tool for presenting information about erlang processes similar to the information presented by "top" in UNIX.</modulesummary>
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<p><c>etop</c> should be started with the provided scripts
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<c>etop</c> and <c>getop</c> for text based and graphical
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presentation respectively. Under Windows the batch files
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<c>etop.bat</c> and <c>getop.bat</c> can be used.
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<p>All interaction with <c>etop</c> when running the graphical
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presentation should happen via the menus. For the text based
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presentation the functions described below can be used.
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<p>The following configuration parameters exist for <c>etop</c>.
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presentation respectively. This will start a hidden erlang node
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which connects to the node to be measured. The measured node is
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given with the <c>-node</c> option. If the measured node has a
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different cookie than the default cookie for the user who
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invokes the script, the cookie must be explicitly given witht
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the <c>-setcookie</c> option.</p>
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<p>Under Windows the batch files <c>etop.bat</c> and
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<c>getop.bat</c> can be used.</p>
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<p>The following configuration parameters exist for the
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<c>etop</c> tool. When executing the <c>etop</c> or <c>getop</c>
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scripts, these parameters can be given as command line options,
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e.g. <c>getop -node testnode@myhost -setcookie MyCookie</c>.</p>
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<item>The measured node.
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Value: <c>on | off</c> <br></br>
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Default: <c>on</c></item>
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<p>All interaction with <c>etop</c> when running the graphical
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presentation should happen via the menus. For the text based
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presentation the functions described below can be used.
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<p>See the <seealso marker="etop_ug">user's guide</seealso> for
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more information about the <c>etop</c> tool.</p>