pwatch

The pwatch package is a handy set of tools that provide information about processes. One of the most useful tools is iotop, which provides information about the amount of I/O a process is consuming. Furthermore, you can easily determine which files are open and the offset at which the read/write pointer is located. This information can be particularly useful, as you can easily observe how much of a file has been processed.

The Git tree of pwatch is written in the C language, and it is licensed under the GPL. Recently, the package has undergone some improvements which have made it even more useful. Specifically, this release includes a warning message for users without a recent kernel, while iotop has been renamed to io. Furthermore, the scrolling speed has been improved, and netlink is now used to obtain process statistics. This update is highly recommended for those who want to maintain robust process monitoring.