Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:39:21 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: simple memory usage question Message-ID: <20000912153921.A26116@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122256110.27747-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>; from "Evren Yurtesen" on Tue Sep 12 23:01:31 GMT 2000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122256110.27747-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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In the last episode (Sep 12), Evren Yurtesen said: > Is there any command which gives out the total memory usage in a form > that I can use it inside a script? for example as 'uptime' gives the > system uptime in a line at screen. Define "usage". Under unixes, there isn't much of a difference between disk cache, executable program images, and application data. On most systems, all of the memory is "in use" somehow or another. If you're looking for something to graph, a better indicator of memory load is pageins/pageouts per second (the "pi" and "po" columns of "vmstat 1" output) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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