On (24/01/10 18:35), pmarin wrote: > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:35:31 +0100 > From: pmarin <pacog...@gmail.com> > To: dev@suckless.org > Subject: [dev] [OFFTOPIC] How to know the size of a process? > List-Id: dev mail list <dev.suckless.org> > > Hi all. > Anyone know how to know the size (kb) of a process in Linux? > using the proc filesystem I can know the number of pages that it uses > (/proc/pid/statm). How I can convert > it to kb? Any posix way? > > pmarin >
You can get size of page very easily, man sysconf and search for PAGESIZE. Btw, There's one issue with trying to get size of process -- shared memory. To which process should it count? And how? Or count only fraction for each of process using that shared memory ... Not easy. :-) -Ph -- Premysl "Anydot" Hruby, https://www.redrum.cz/ - I'm a signature virus. Please add me to your signature and help me spread!
