xrestop (1) Linux Manual Page

xrestop – monitor server resources used by X11 clients

Synopsis

xrestop –help
xrestop [ –display display ] [ –batch ] [ –delay-time seconds ] [ –max-samples count ]

Description

Xrestop uses the X-Resource extension to provide ‘top’-like statistics of each connected X11 client’s server-side resource usage. It is intended as a developer tool to aid more efficient server resource usage and debug server-side resource leakage.

Options

–help

Show usage.

–display, -d <display>

Specify X11 display to monitor.

–delay-time, -t <seconds>

Time in seconds between taking samples. Default is 2 seconds.

–batch, -b

Run in batch mode. Slightly more detailed infomation is streamed to stdout rather than the usual curses interface. This mode is intended for debugging a single client with something like

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–max-samples, -m <count>

Specify number of times to gather and display results. Default is continuous, which can be set with 0 (zero).

See Also

X(7), top(1).

Bugs

The X-Resource extension is very new and may not be 100% accurate.

Author

xrestop was written by Matthew Allum <mallum [at] handhelds.org>.