From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-09-01T09:10:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Measuring Memory Usage

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 06:54 +0900, d c wrote:
> top
> F
> N
> <enter>

Well, it ain't exactly that simple. First of all, "top" runs only on
Unix-like systems, and sometimes needs to be installed. Second, the
numbers "top" gives you are only as good as what it gets from the
kernel. "top" in Linux, for example, is notoriously bad at estimating
memory usage because it depends on some things in the /proc filesystem
that are "less than correct".

I'll assume Linux. In fact, not only will I assume Linux, but I'll also
assume you have the 2.6.25 kernel or later. *Then* you can do this:

http://tinyurl.com/3a56dq

HTH ;)
-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
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