Symdump(3)

NAME

       Apache::Symdump - Symbol table snapshots

SYNOPSIS

        PerlLogHandler Apache::Symdump

DESCRIPTION

       Apache:Symdump uses Devel::Symdump to record snapshots of the Perl sym-
       bol table in ServerRoot/logs/symdump.$$.$n Where $$ is the process id
       and $n is incremented each time the handler is run.  The diff utility
       can be used to compare snapshots and get an idea of what might be mak-
       ing a process grow.  Normally, new symbols come from modules or scripts
       that were not preloaded, the Perl method cache, etc.

        % diff -u symdump.$$.0 symdump.$$.1

CAVEATS

       Apache::Symdump does not cleanup up its snapshot files, do so simply
       by:

        % rm logs/symdump.* logs/incdump.*

SEE ALSO

       Devel::Symdump(3), Apache::Leak(3)

AUTHOR

       Doug MacEachern

mod_perl-1.27                     1998-11-07                Apache::Symdump(3)