06-28-2008
Linux Memory Track
Hi All,
We are using the linux servers and need to track the memory utilization of the box. Could anyone advice how the same can be achived.
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IPCMK(1) User Commands IPCMK(1)
NAME
ipcmk - make various IPC resources
SYNOPSIS
ipcmk [options]
DESCRIPTION
ipcmk allows you to create shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays.
OPTIONS
Resources can be specified with these options:
-M, --shmem size
Create a shared memory segment of size bytes. The size argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB
(=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, etc. (the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB
(=1000*1000), and so on for GB, etc.
-Q, --queue
Create a message queue.
-S, --semaphore number
Create a semaphore array with number of elements.
Other options are:
-p, --mode mode
Access permissions for the resource. Default is 0644.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
SEE ALSO
ipcrm(1), ipcs(1)
AUTHOR
Hayden A. James <hayden.james@gmail.com>
AVAILABILITY
The ipcmk command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils
/util-linux/>.
util-linux July 2014 IPCMK(1)