From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 20 15:38:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 998B537B424 for ; Sun, 20 May 2001 15:38:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 151bqQ-0008Oa-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:38:38 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4KMccQ61464 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:38:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 23:38:37 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: meaning of different memory types in 'top' Message-ID: <20010520233837.A61395@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I RTFM'ed, but some of the FM was lacking. :) While it did cover the terms, it didn't explain them. Where can i find the difference between active, inactive, wired, cache, buf, and (silly me) free? Jonathon -- When I die, I want to go in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming, like the passengers in his car. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message