[gentoo-user] Is there a program to log the memory consumption of just one selected process...

[gentoo-user] Is there a program to log the memory consumption of just one selected process...

[Wolfgang Liebich]

Hi,
I want to trace the memory consumption of one selected process
(threads and maybe child processes included). In WindowsNT and higher
the Performance Monitor can do that. Is there a linux tool out there
which can perform that feat, or do I have to hack a script which
periodically looks into /proc and gathers all stats by itself?
Ciao,
Wolfgang
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Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a program to log the memory consumption of just one selected process...

[Alexis Lahouze]

Hi,
# watch ps -C <processname> v
or
# watch ps -p <pid> v

v stands for virtual memory.

Otherwise
# watch /proc/<pid>/statm
This can help you on how to interpret the result:
http://redhat.activeventure.com/9/referenceguide/s1-proc-directories.html
(find statm)

If you want it graphically, I don't know... maybe ksysmon under kde or gtop...
I found this: http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Process-Monitor-HOWTO-8.html


2007/1/23, Wolfgang Liebich <Wolfgang.Liebich@siemens.com>:
> Hi,
> I want to trace the memory consumption of one selected process
> (threads and maybe child processes included). In WindowsNT and higher
> the Performance Monitor can do that. Is there a linux tool out there
> which can perform that feat, or do I have to hack a script which
> periodically looks into /proc and gathers all stats by itself?
> Ciao,
> Wolfgang
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>


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[gentoo-user] Re: Is there a program to log the memory consumption of just one selected process...

[Stefan Wimmer]

* Wolfgang Liebich <Wolfgang.Liebich@siemens.com> [2007-01-23 07:33] :
>  Hi,
>  I want to trace the memory consumption of one selected process
>  (threads and maybe child processes included). In WindowsNT and higher
>  the Performance Monitor can do that. Is there a linux tool out there
>  which can perform that feat, or do I have to hack a script which
>  periodically looks into /proc and gathers all stats by itself?
>  Ciao,
>  Wolfgang

You could give sys-process/htop a try ...

It lists all processes but you can select 1 process and monitor it - if 
you use the tree-view you can follow it's child processes as well. It is 
not very detailed but perhaps already enough for your needs ...

HTH
swimmer

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