topic Re: check program time in Operating System - HP-UX

check program time

bin lu_1 — Fri, 13 May 2005 09:11:27 GMT

We have over average 70+ users login using an application in production hours.

Sometimes, few of their programs "runaway" or were loop inside in Unix. then later those useless processes to the top of other running programs by different users.

Users use top to find out those runaway processes running. But our SA hope know those processes as early as we can.

I tried to time command to find them (runaway processes) in early stage. For example, find the processes stay alive 5 minutes long.

Does any one know how to get a process 5 minutes long command. I hope that I could put them in script, try to send me a email if a assigned time broken.

Thanks,

Bin

Re: check program time

Simon Hargrave — Fri, 13 May 2005 09:20:48 GMT

You can check the "elapsed" time for process on your server with something like:

UNIX95= ps -eo pid,etime,comm | grep procname

The format of the etime parameter is:

DAYS-HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS

You can use this to check for MINUTES > 5

Re: check program time

Simon Hargrave — Fri, 13 May 2005 09:23:05 GMT

In fact to find all process called "procname" that have been running for 5 minutes or more: -

UNIX95= ps -eo pid,etime,comm | awk -F: '$2 >= 5 && /procname/'

Re: check program time

bin lu_1 — Fri, 13 May 2005 10:10:17 GMT

It works very well in Linux. I am using HP-UX, I was trying to find the same command in HP-UX

`ps -eo pid,etime,comm` does not work in HP-UX, yet.

Thank you

Re: check program time

bin lu_1 — Fri, 13 May 2005 10:35:04 GMT

OK, I checked more. actually the whole command you gave work on HP-UX,

Below part work for Linux
ps -eo pid,etime,comm | awk -F: '$2 >= 5 && /bonobo-activati/'

Thank yopu very much

Re: check program time

bin lu_1 — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:11:50 GMT

Thank you this forum platform is good