Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:14:56 -0500 From: GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net> To: Mario Doria <madd@tecdigital.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A simple question Message-ID: <20010807221456.Q48649@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <003101c10b4d$fd19ac30$0a00a8c0@Valk>; from madd@tecdigital.net on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:43:21PM -0500 References: <003101c10b4d$fd19ac30$0a00a8c0@Valk>
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:43:21PM -0500, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> Hi,
>
> Just curious, when I run top I get messages like this:
> Mem: 28M Active, 647M Inact, 43M Wired, 33M Cache, 86M Buf, 1528K Free
> Swap: 512M Total, 512M Free
>
>
> What does the inactive part mean? Shouldn't it be freed?
I'm not sure if this is covered anywhere, but...no.
From what I understand, "inactive" simply means it is not active.
The memory is not being used by currently "running" programs.
Don't take my word for it, except that it shouldn't be freed.
> Anyway, thanks
> Mario
Daniel M. Kurry
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