.TH pman 3erl "pman 2.7.1.2" "Ericsson AB" "Erlang Module Definition"
.SH NAME
pman \- A graphical process manager.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP

.RS -4
.B
Warning:
.RE
The Pman application has been superseded by the Observer application\&. Pman will be removed in R16\&.

.LP
A graphical tool used to inspect the Erlang processes executing either locally or on remote nodes\&. It is also possible to trace events in the individual processes\&.
.SH EXPORTS
.LP
.B
start()
.br
.B
start(Excluded)
.br
.B
start_notimeout()
.br
.B
start_notimeout(Excluded)
.br
.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
Excluded = [Module]
.br
 Module = atom()
.br
.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
Starts Pman\&. It will use the previously saved trace settings in \fIHOME/\&.erlang_tools/pman\&.opts\fR\&, where \fIHOME\fR\& is the user\&'s home directory, if such a file exists\&. Otherwise standard trace settings will be used\&. The return value should be ignored\&.
.LP
\fIExcluded\fR\& is a list of module names\&. If the argument is present, processes currently executing in any of these modules will not be shown by Pman\&.
.LP
\fIstart/0,1\fR\& will fail unless the start-up succeeds within 20 seconds, whereas \fIstart_notimeout/0,1\fR\& will wait indefinitely\&.
.RE

.LP
.B
proc(Process)
.br
.B
proc(A, B, C)
.br
.RS
.LP
Types:

.RS 3
Process = pid() | atom()
.br
A = B = C = integer()
.br
.RE
.RE
.RS
.LP
Starts a Pman trace window for the specified process\&. The return value should be ignored\&.
.LP
The process to trace is given either by its pid or by its registered name\&. It is also possible to use \fIproc/3\fR\& to trace the pid represented as \fI<A,B,C>\fR\&\&.
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