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> $ sysctl vm.vmtotal
> vm.vmtotal:
> System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes)

super. many thanks. Reading it now.

> vmstat uses the vm.vmtotal sysctl to get a struct vmtotal{} for the "r b
> w" columns.  See fill_vmtotal() in src/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c and
> vmtotal{} in /usr/include/sys/vmmeter.h.

I will check as well vmstat.c 


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Stefan Parvu <sparvu@systemdatarecorder.org>