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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--kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8/Vp9Wry0BWjoQKURAsRPAKDi+YmmCyjuFhUt9/g1UFk9f1obUQCgkNyd +0Em0fZexPFnKAj8CS3vMnQ= =wUm3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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