Re: real mem usage breakdown

2002-11-24 Thread kwall
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:29:39PM -0600, steve rader wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:27:56PM -0600, steve rader wrote: > > > It's been about a dozen years since I got my BS in > > > CompSci, but my recollection is... > > > > > > used is used by user-space processes > > > shared

Re: real mem usage breakdown

2002-11-24 Thread steve rader
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:27:56PM -0600, steve rader wrote: > > It's been about a dozen years since I got my BS in > > CompSci, but my recollection is... > > > > used is used by user-space processes > > sharedis used for shared memory segments > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No

Re: real mem usage breakdown

2002-11-24 Thread kwall
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:27:56PM -0600, steve rader wrote: > > The "free" command reports real memory util as > used, shared, buffers and cached. But what are the > definitions of the terms? There's no mention of them > in the man pages for free, top, or vmstat. It also reports swap, but you'

real mem usage breakdown

2002-11-24 Thread steve rader
The "free" command reports real memory util as used, shared, buffers and cached. But what are the definitions of the terms? There's no mention of them in the man pages for free, top, or vmstat. It's been about a dozen years since I got my BS in CompSci, but my recollection is... used is