Tacking a specific apps cpu resource usage

[Rick Stevens]

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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