Hey Graeme,

thanks again. I'm running on linux. I've used strace
for some testing and small programs, but was hoping
there was an existing tool to give me nice summaries
and output so I wouldn't have to parse that output.

I guess I'll keep looking.

Tom

--- graeme@... wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> Assuming you're wanting more low-level memory usage
> statistics, I can't really recommend one particular
> tool because it depends what system you're running
> on and what you want to get out of it. If you're on
> Linux I would suggest looking at strace and ps. If
> you're on a modern UNIX then you could look at some
> of the entries in /proc. If you're on Windows then
> task manager is probably a start, but I'm sure there
> are lots more tools that give more detail.
>
> I would suggest that strace on Linux is a good start
> because you can then look directly for sbrk() or
> mmap() calls from the process you're interested in.
> I can't think of any particular process analysis
> tools that give reports and summaries on specific
> resources after the process exits, but I'm sure
> there must be some.
>
> Graeme.
>
>
> tgraves_cs@... wrote:
> > thanks much for your response, off hand do you
> know
> > any process analysis tools that would give me this
> > information?
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>




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