Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!jsq From: andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Finding physical memory size Summary: sometimes it is. Message-ID: <16872@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 6 Jan 91 14:17:09 GMT References: <16397@cs.utexas.edu> <16470@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: jsq@cs.utexas.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 9 Approved: jsq@cs.utexas.edu (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Submitted-by: andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume) sometimes knowing physical memory size, or at least what is left over for user programs, is useful. particularly for user programs which manage their own memory. although what is actually meant here is how much memory do i have really quick efficent access to. Volume-Number: Volume 22, Number 63