Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:14:39 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat <mojahed@citechco.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Info Message-ID: <19991116151439.23224@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <19991117005502.61785@cosmos.net>; from Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat on Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 12:55:02AM %2B0600 References: <19991117005502.61785@cosmos.net>
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On Wednesday, 17 November 1999 at 0:55:02 +0600, Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat wrote: > Dear BSDers, > > I am a new convert to FreeBSD, so I apologize for this question. > > What is the command to show physical memory usage? I used > vmstat, but its avm and fre fields are not what I want. I want > an equivalent to Linux's "free" -- if possible. I don't know Linux's free, but I suspect you're looking for a quantity that doesn't exist. FreeBSD's memory management is very complex, and you can't describe things with just a single parameter. Having said that, the suggestion of using top is probably a good one. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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