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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2002 17:25:33 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        robert at castley dot com <robert@castley.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to check available memory/RAM
Message-ID:  <20020604172533.B68777@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <006a01c20c24$f7e3c290$0201a8c0@charlie>; from robert@castley.com on Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 01:07:23AM %2B0100
References:  <006a01c20c24$f7e3c290$0201a8c0@charlie>

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On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 01:07:23AM +0100, robert at castley dot com wrote:
> Just converting over from Linux to FreeBSD and I was wondering how can I
> tell how much RAM I have available/free.
>=20
> Under Linux there is a command called 'free' which displays something lik=
e :
>=20
>                     total       used       free     shared    buffers
> cached
> Mem:           249        244          4          0          6        165
> -/+ buffers/cache:         72        176
> Swap:          258          1        257
>=20
> This tells me I have 249Mb of RAM total and using 244Mb of it !!!
>=20
> However I cannot find under FreeBSD an equivalent command.
> Can anyone help?

Many of the system utilities such as top, systat, and others, can
display this information.  Be sure to read the documentation
(manpages, handbook, FAQ) if you're confused about what the various
statistics mean.

Kris

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