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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
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Subject: Re: cat /dev/mem | wc -c
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:

> 
> Sometime ago, I found on the web that I can use the special device
> /dev/mem to determine the amount of physical memory the machine has.  So I
> run the following command: 
> 
> # date; cat /dev/mem | wc -c ; date
> 
> But it seems to run forever (at least hours).  Is there something wrong? 

/dev/mem is a bit nutty.  Use

sysctl hw.physmem

instead.

Doug White                               
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