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Command to tell me memory size on a Sequent/Dynix machine

I need to find out what the memory size of a Sequent/Dynix machine is. Does anyone know what command to use?

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Rajai

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I tried it and it did give me a memory size. Looking at 'man dmesg' it looks like dmesg prints the contents of a log file. The only thing worrying me is that you said it 'lies'. I looked into the actual log file 'dmesg' that produces the information and memory values were consistent. I hope it stays like that.

tfewster

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear - I meant the command "top" (which is available on many variants of Unix) doesn't always tell you how much PHYSICAL memory you have - On HP-UX for example, it shows you "virtual memory", (but I've never found that to be the same as the amount of physical memory + swap space that I KNOW the system has).

At least top lies consistently tho' - and it's very useful for other stuff, like which processes are hogging the CPU

Anyway, glad I could be of help - Can I claim to be an expert on Dynix now?

Rajai

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I am sorry it is my fault, I read your message in a hurry. Somehow I missed the line in your message that said I can use 'top'. Unfortunately Dynix and Sun(I tried it on both) don't recognize it. Thanks again for your help, you sure were able to help me more than others whom I asked.