[P1] RAM question

david davidwb at spymac.com
Fri Mar 19 04:00:33 PST 2004


On 3/19/04 12:06 AM, "J.C. Webber III" <jcw at kingoblio.com> wrote:

> 
> How do you know if you're swapping?  Well, being an old Unix guy myself,
> I'd launch "/usr/bin/vm_stat 2" in the terminal app (that '2' means
> refresh every 2 seconds), but I know most of you old time Mac-heads
> cringe at the mere mention of the command line, so I would point you to
> /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.

This type of comment isn't necessary (especially without a grin or smiley
face). Why not simply say that a Unix user might use a terminal command to
determine page swaps but those who prefer can use a graphical program?

david -



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