
                     gPS - Graphical Process Status
                             version 0.4.1
                   (c) 1999 Felipe Paulo Guazzi Bergo
                             bergo@seul.org

                   yet another graphical ps-like applet.

RELEASE INFORMATION
Please read the CHANGELOG file for information on changes
from release to release.

LICENSE:
 gPS is distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License, version 2
 or later. Read the file COPYING in this same directory for details.

FEATURES:
 * Process Filtering
 * Continuous refresh (top-like) mode
 * Information is grabbed directly from /proc filesystem
 * Easy sorting on any field
 * SIGKILL and SIGHUP signals (0.2.1)
 * Renice'ing processes       (0.2.1)
 * Process details            (0.3.1)
 * POSIX signals              (0.3.4)
 * CPU and memory usage       (0.4.1)

HARDWARE/OS REQUIREMENTS:

 * Linux. It has been reportes to run on i386 and PPC architectures. It
   should run on any Linux architecture, please report if you try running
   it on other architectures.

 * The kernel must have /proc fs enabled. If you're on a RedHat box
   and the 'ps' command works, then it's *almost* sure gPS will
   run too.

 * X11 Server

 Where to get it: www.kernel.org, www.redhat.com, www.webwatcher.org
                  and www.xfree86.org should get you there.

LIBRARY REQUIREMENTS
 * Gtk+ 1.2.0 or any later 1.2.x release. It's available from www.gtk.org
 * Gtk+ requires Gdk and Glib, which are available from www.gtk.org too.

If you are on a RedHat or RedHat-based distribution (Mandrake, Conectiva,
Independence, etc.) you'll need the glib, gtk, glib-devel and gtk-devel RPM
installed to compile. To install a binary RPM package of gPS you don't need
the -devel packages.

INSTALL DIRECTIONS
 Read the INSTALL file. It also contains information on uninstalling and
 installing over previous releases of gPS.

USING gPS

 To run gPS type:

  gps & 

 from a terminal window. For help, type:

  man gps

 If you aren't able to run gPS after it's been installed maybe gps's
 binary directory (usually /usr/local/bin if you didn't explicitly
 choose another one) is not in your PATH environment variable.

 General guidelines:

 * To sort on a field click on the column title. If you click it again
   it will sort in reverse order
 * For continuous refresh use the View menu or the -c command line option.
 * To filter do Filter|Set filter..."
 * The Close button on the bottom will exit gPS. The delay between
   the click and the vanishing of the window is normal, gPS is killing
   its internal timer.

DOWNLOAD SITES:
 
 http://www.gps.seul.org                   (U.S.)
 http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~guazzibe/gPS   (Brazil)

Feedback is welcome. Enjoy!

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bergo@seul.org
Campinas, SP, Brazil
October-1999
