Re: ps vs free again

1999-03-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SZ> I just tried top, but it seems it is showing the same info as free SZ> which is included the memory cached but can be freed if another SZ> program requests in the memory used section. SZ> SZ> What I want to know is the exact amount memory used by system, I

Re: ps vs free again

1999-03-30 Thread Steve Witt
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I saw earlier disscussions about ps and free. > So what command can I use to actually display the total memory that > is occupied by my system? > > Thanks. > > Shao > 'top' gives a lot of very nice information in this regard.

Re: ps vs free again

1999-03-30 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, I just tried top, but it seems it is showing the same info as free which is included the memory cached but can be freed if another program requests in the memory used section. What I want to know is the exact amount memory used by system, I don't want the cached memory. Thx. dyer wro

Re: ps vs free again

1999-03-30 Thread dyer
Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I saw earlier disscussions about ps and free. > So what command can I use to actually display the total memory that > is occupied by my system? > > Thanks. > > Shao > > -- > Me likes 'top' > ___