SLOTH(1)SLOTH(1)NAMEsloth - slow down a process
SYNOPSISsloth [DELAY(ms)] [PROGRAM or PID]
DESCRIPTION
Sloth allows you to slow down a process by specifying (in
miliseconds) the delay. It slows down the process by sending
SIGSTOP & SIGCONT signals to the process over a very fast
period of time, giving the appearance of a slower application.
The number given (as the first command line argument) will be
the wait period before stopping and unstopping the process.
The actual time between a stop and an unstop is DELAY * 10.
The second parameter can either be the name of the program
(with all command line args) to spawn, or the PID of a
currently running process. So, if the second parameter is
all numbers, sloth will assume it's PID, if there are any
letters, sloth will attempt to execute it.
EXAMPLE
# sloth 5000 ines Pirates.nes
This command will run the emulator 'ines' with the game
'Pirates'. Every 5000ms it will send a SIGSTOP (effectively
pausing the game) wait for 50,000ms (n*10), then send a
SIGCONT, continuing the process where it left off.
# sloth 8000 4172
This command will slow PID 4172 so that it is stopped
for 80,000ms every 8000ms.
ABOUT
Written by: Nick Jennings <nick@namodn.com>
Homepage: http://www.communityprojects.org/apps/sloth/
BUGS Report bugs to: Nick Jennings <nick@namodn.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright � 2002 Nick Jennings
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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