Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:24:39 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interpreting `top` output ... ? Message-ID: <20030508202439.GU31032@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030508125757.D5537-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <20030508125757.D5537-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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In the last episode (May 08), Josh Brooks said: > I have a few questions about the output of `top`. First off, the > TIME column...does that represent the amount of real world time that > the application has been running for ? > > I am guessing it does not, because sometimes I watch `top` and it > does not increment second by second..so if it does not, what does it > stand for ? TIME is in CPU-seconds, so a process using 50% CPU will increment TIME at about 1/2 wall-clock time. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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