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Re: [LI] what is sys call??

On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 01:04:35PM +0530, Guruprasad, Mahendrakar  V (IE10) wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > 	What is the system call (not command like 'free')used to find out
> > amout of memory being used & free

There isn't any. You'll have to read /proc/meminfo and parse it. This
is what free does.

Sucks doesn't it ?

	-Arun

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