hmm, on Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:51:12AM +0200, mickey said that > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > > i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. > > but how come in one moment 40-50 (out of the total 110-120 processes) > > are "swapped out" and in the next instant none of them? > > status "swapped out" does not mean they are physically and completely > written out of memory. the "swapped out" status only means that in
but if that is the case, is top(1) wrong in showing RES 4k for these processes? doesn't this mean that they are not in memory anymore? -f -- iraqi rifle for sale. never fired. dropped once.
