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.Dd $April 5, 2012$
.Dt SVRCTL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm svrctl
.Nd send servers control messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar <vfs|pm> Ar get Ar <request>
.Nm
.Ar <vfs|pm> Ar set Ar <request> Ar <value>
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility allows to override the values of variables inside VFS or PM or to
retrieve the values of variables. The variables that are allowed to be
overridden are hard coded in the servers.
.Sh EXAMPLES
To retrieve how many threads are currently actively carrying out work in VFS:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
svrctl vfs get active_threads
.Ed
.Pp
To generate a stack trace of all threads in VFS:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
svrctl vfs get print_traces
.Ed
.Pp
To set verbosity level of VFS (allowed values range from 0 to 4)
.Bd -literal -offset indent
svrctl vfs set verbose 1
.Ed
.Pp
To retrieve boot monitor parameters (note that these are also available through
.Xr sysenv 1
) such as
.Va rootdevname
,
.Va memory
,
.Va hz
, and if set,
.Va bootopts
,
.Va cttyline
,
.Va cttybaud
:
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svrctl pm get rootdevname
svrctl pm get memory
svrctl pm get hz
svrctl pm get bootopts
svrctl pm get cttyline
svrctl pm get cttybaud
.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
In case
.Nm
is not properly invoked or the provided
.Va request
is not valid 1 is returned, otherwise 0.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Thomas Veerman
.Aq thomas@minix3.org