NAME

       systunedump - Dumps /proc files for kernel tuning.

SYNOPSIS

       systunedump [ -c,--config configfile ] [ -h, --help ] [ -p, --path dumppath ] [ -v, --verbose ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  dumps elements of the /proc filesystem to standard output in a format which, if redirected
       to a file, can be used by the systune(8) utility.

       Common usage:

       systunedump > /etc/systune.conf

       systunedump --config /etc/systune.kernel20.dump > /etc/systune.kernel20.conf

       systunedump --config /dev/null --path /proc/sys/vm > /etc/systune.conf

OPTIONS

       -c, --config configfile
              Specify an alternative configuration file.  The default is /etc/systune.dump

       -h, --help
              Print a short explanation of the command syntax.

       -p, --path dumppath
              Add the specified path to any items already listed in the configuration file.  Items in  the  path
              must be separated by whitespace.  All items in the path must begin /proc/sys/.

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose  mode:  allow  non-existent  items in the path and configuration file to produce errors to
              standard error.  Without this option, erroneous paths are discarded silently.

FILES

       /etc/systune.dump
              A file containing a list of paths to dump.  Each pathname must begin with  /proc/sys/.   Comments,
              introduced  by #, can be included; the whole line from the comment character onwards is discarded,
              together with any whitespace immediately preceding it.

       The configuration file can be a file, such as /etc/systune.conf, that contains  previously  dumped  data;
       the definition part of each line, after and including the colon, is discarded.

SEE ALSO

       systune (8).

AUTHOR

       Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>.

THANKS

       Daniel Podlejski, Oliver Elphick.

Debian Project                                     20 Apr 1999                                    SYSTUNEDUMP(8)