Init Section

(NOTE:  Some of the techniques shown or described on this page--marked in purple--require new features in the latest official PIKT 1.19.0 release (pikt-current.tar.gz) that are unavailable in any previous version.)

After the script identifier, an init section usually follows.  In the init section, you prepare the groundwork for subsequent script actions.

For example, here is a typical init section, from a script named RunawayCPUProcs:

        init
                status active
                level urgent
                task "Report runaway processes using a high % of the CPU"
                input proc "=psls | =trim(160) | =awk '\$3>=80.0'"
                filter "=egrep '^[A-Za-z0-9\-]+[ ]+[0-9]+ ' | =zapinterpreters"
                dat $PID 2
                dat #cpu 3
                dat #mem 4
                dat $sta 9
                dat $tim 10
                dat $prc 11
                keys $PID

The general format of the init section is:

        init
               status                  active|inactive|suspended|
                                       testing|debugging
               level                   emergency|urgent|critical|
                                       error|warning|notice|
                                       info|debug
               task                    "