Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On 18/08/2010 16:18, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: hello, I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free memory and swap. I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if such a utility exists). I also know that top(1) gives this info, and I could certainly use that, I just wanted the nearest BSD sibling of free(1).) Thank you! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ralf engelschall wrote a nice perl script which does this http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/dist/ (the free-memory script) Paul. -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Aleksandr Miroslav alexmiros...@gmail.com wrote: hello, I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free memory and swap. I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if such a utility exists). I also know that top(1) gives this info, and I could certainly use that, I just wanted the nearest BSD sibling of free(1).) Thank you! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Would not the info displayed in the command top suffice? Regards, Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:18:58 -0400 Aleksandr Miroslav alexmiros...@gmail.com wrote: hello, I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free memory and swap. I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if such a utility exists). I also know that top(1) gives this info, and I could certainly use that, I just wanted the nearest BSD sibling of free(1).) Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a very meaningful concept in FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: Would not the info displayed in the command top suffice? Yes, top -n 1 does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how FreeBSD allocates memory. Although a BSD free would probably be easier to remember, top -n 1 does the job. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a very meaningful concept in FreeBSD. I have a webserver that had it's Apache killed this morning. The box itself had been stable for several years, as well as the Apache instance. The error that I saw in /var/log/messages was something along the following: pid 1234 (httpd), uid 100, was killed: out of swap space So I went to check what was eating up the swap, The problem itself was tracked down fairly easily, someone had added a shelt script to cron (/home/user/foo.sh) and had mistakenly put the full path to the script into the script itself -- essentially creating a forkbomb. But while I was in the middle of debugging this and noticed that line from the logfile, I spent more time than necessary trying to figure out exactly how much swap/memory was being used, and who was using it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
--On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 14:14:25 -0400 Aleksandr Miroslav alexmiros...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a very meaningful concept in FreeBSD. I have a webserver that had it's Apache killed this morning. The box itself had been stable for several years, as well as the Apache instance. The error that I saw in /var/log/messages was something along the following: pid 1234 (httpd), uid 100, was killed: out of swap space So I went to check what was eating up the swap, The problem itself was tracked down fairly easily, someone had added a shelt script to cron (/home/user/foo.sh) and had mistakenly put the full path to the script into the script itself -- essentially creating a forkbomb. But while I was in the middle of debugging this and noticed that line from the logfile, I spent more time than necessary trying to figure out exactly how much swap/memory was being used, and who was using it. man (8) pstat pstat -s -m Device 1M-blocks UsedAvail Capacity /dev/ad8s1b 81920 8191 0% -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. *** It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead. Thomas Jefferson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On August 18, 2010 02:06:08 pm Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: Would not the info displayed in the command top suffice? Yes, top -n 1 does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how FreeBSD allocates memory. Although a BSD free would probably be easier to remember, top -n 1 does the job. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org alias free='top -n 1 ' ?! -- http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 05:08:35PM -0400, Mike Jeays thus spake: On August 18, 2010 02:06:08 pm Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: Would not the info displayed in the command top suffice? Yes, top -n 1 does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how FreeBSD allocates memory. Although a BSD free would probably be easier to remember, top -n 1 does the job. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org alias free='top -n 1 ' ?! Even better :) ??? top -n 0|egrep '(Mem|Swap)'|xargs -- http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?
On 8/18/2010 1:06 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris manessch...@chrismaness.com wrote: Would not the info displayed in the command top suffice? Yes, top -n 1 does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how FreeBSD allocates memory. Although a BSD free would probably be easier to remember, top -n 1 does the job. You could create a shell alias for it. In bash: a alias free='top -n 1' put that in your profile so you have it on login. Also there is a port: /usr/ports/sysutils/freecolor Works just like the free linux command; but has fancy colors. :) Again, you can alias that to free if you want. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
