> My concern is more with whether top can accurately keep track of the actual > memory used by my app. I read somewhere that it sometimes tracks what the > memory manager reserves for that process instead of the actual memory used. > In such cases, the memory used field often reflects a value higher than what > is actually consumed by your app. Is there any truth to this?
I think you are talking about buffers. This is true, you might see higher values. Use 'free -m' for the actual data and 'man free' for details. _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
