4. Erlang Top

4 Erlang Top

4.1 Introduction

Erlang Top, etop, is a tool for presenting information about Erlang processes similar to the information presented by top in UNIX.

4.2 Getting Started

Start Erlang Top in either of the following ways:

  • Use script etop.
  • Use batch file etop.bat, for example, etop -node tiger@durin.

4.3 Output

The output from Erlang Top is as follows:

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 tiger@durin                                                               13:40:32
 Load:  cpu         0               Memory:  total        1997    binary         33
        procs     197                        processes       0    code