Section 1 · User commands

pcp-meminfo.1

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PCP-MEMINFO

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
PCP ENVIRONMENT
SEE ALSO

NAME

pcp-meminfo − Report statistics for System Memory.

SYNOPSIS

pcp [pcp options] meminfo [−s samples] [−a archive] [−S start_time] [−T end_time]

DESCRIPTION

The pcp-meminfo command is used for viewing the different kinds of stats related to memory. Using various options it helps a user to analyze useful information related to the memory availability. This information includes total memory, memory available, shared memory, etc. By default pcp-meminfo reports live data for the local host.

OPTIONS

−a, −−archive

Fetch /proc/meminfo for a specified archive file

−s, −−samples

Get the meminfo for specified number of samples count

−S, −−start TIME

Filter the samples from the archive from the given time

−T, −−finish TIME

Filter the samples from the archive till the given time

−V, −−version

Display version number and exit.

−?, −−help

Display usage message and exit.

NOTES

pcp-meminfo collects information from /proc/meminfo and aims to be command line and output compatible with it.

PCP ENVIRONMENT

Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).