mem(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual mem(7)
NAME
mem - main memory image file
DESCRIPTION
is a special file that is an image of the main memory of the computer. It may be used, for example, to examine and patch the system.
Byte addresses in are interpreted as physical memory addresses. References to non-existent locations cause errors to be returned.
File is the same as except that kernel virtual memory rather than physical memory is accessed. Please refer to kmem(7) for information
about ioctl operations that are supported on
WARNINGS
Examining and patching device registers is likely to lead to unexpected results when read-only or write-only bits are present.
FILES
SEE ALSO
kmem(7).
mem(7)
