Apache::Symdump(3p)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Apache::Symdump(3p)



NAME
       Apache::Symdump - Symbol table snapshots

SYNOPSIS
        PerlLogHandler Apache::Symdump

DESCRIPTION
       Apache:Symdump uses Devel::Symdump to record snapshots of the Perl
       symbol 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 making 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



perl v5.12.2                      1998-11-08               Apache::Symdump(3p)
