gennames Command
Purpose
Gathers all the information necessary to run the filemon and netpmon commands in off-line mode.
Syntax
gennames[-f ]
Description
The gennames command gathers name to address mapping information necessary for the filemon and netpmon commands to work in off-line mode. The information gathered includes:
- the list of all the loaded kernel extension, similar to what the genkex command reports,
- the list of all the loaded shared libraries, similar to what the genkld command reports
- the list of all the loaded processes, similar to what the genld command reports
- for /unix and all kernel extensions and libraries, the output of the stripnm -z command is collected
Flags
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| -f | Collects the device information for physical and logical volumes. It also prints out the virtual file system information used by offline filemon. |
Security
Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged
operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command
Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the
authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the
getcmdattr subcommand.
Examples
To collect information needed for the filemon command in off-line mode, type:
gennames -f > gen.out