[NTLUG:Discuss] memory usage snapshots

[Stuart Johnston]

fredjame wrote:
> I am looking for a way to capture snapshots of physical usage on a 
> periodic basis, on *NIX machines.  I would prefer to do that in a shell 
> script (Bourne or BASH), but I can work in C as well.  Thank you in 
> advance for any help you may be able to offer.

The sysstat utilities can monitor memory usage and much more:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/