PEEK Reference Manual
PEEK Syntax and Examples
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TIME Option
TIME Option
The TIME option displays the amount of time a given processor has spent on
processes, interrupts, and idle time. TIME is one of the default reports displayed when
you run PEEK with no options specified.
When you enter the command PEEK TIME, an output similar to this example is
generated:
> PEEK TIME
PEEK - T9050G09 - (05AUG02) SYSTEM \VIOLET
COPYRIGHT TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990
SYSTEM \VIOLET
22 FEB 2004, 15:57___ELAPSD 736:09:17___CPU 4(NSR-T)
TIME: PROCESSBUSY TIME INTERRUPT TIME IDLE TIME
109:06:38.295 14.82% 25:37:15.202 3.48% 601:25:23.566 81.69%
When you enter the command PEEK /CPU 0/ TIME on a system running H-series or
J-series RVU, an output similar to this example is generated:
PEEK - T9050H02 - (01MAY05) - (31MAY05) SYSTEM \HALF3
(C)1981 TANDEM (C)2004 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
SYSTEM \HALF3
8 JUN 2005 , 12:41___ELAPSD 16:16:32___CPU 0(NSE-P)
TIME: PROCESSBUSY TIME INTERRUPT TIME IDLE TIME
0:09:58.482 1.02% 0:00:39.380 0.06% 16:05:54.468 98.91%
Elements of the TIME Display
Table 2-9. TIME Elements Reported in the TIME Display
Element Description
PROCESSBUSY
TIME
Elapsed time and percentage of total time the processor spent
executing p
rocesses (in hours:minutes:seconds)
INTERRUPT TIME Elapsed time and percentage of total time the processor has been
busy with interrupts (in hour
s:minutes:seconds)
IDLE TIME Elapsed time and percentage of total time the processor spent
idle (in hours
:minutes:seconds)