-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 13/10/15 15:26, Marc Shapiro wrote: > So how do I tell what is using up the memory and not freeing it up? > Is there a way to free that memory without having to reboot?
ps -eo pid --sort rss | tail -1 | xargs sudo strace -fp would show what the application with the most ram is doing but you'd ideally want to filter the trace for certain calls. for a solution not so advanced / technical: ps -eo pid,rss,cmd --sort rss | tail this will show the process with the most reserved memory at the bottom, along with listing the process name. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWKALPAAoJEOYwtpHNe8Fmov4H/j/YoEO3Y4M+HsqWes2qKd1I tRgB5nQS2c6wF+m3+uGUOoSfPQxPjIJnYcz48uP4dJzXPJWzLTDuIB59tZU8DoH0 94O3ruDEqrlxtzMzAFTtV1wCLO6KAGmFl2K/WL5NGoQsJ3ftaJIwC8YYoG88cKBx st6b03lgTLB//WFyfpAgg2M2lJ87iC9/GhI5r/nOvaE1NCeMyFVBI2RFEDc7UoGz H28UPlPJBuFMkZKv7wy/3a/tEx0UeT883PhTDe7wSRoPdrTDYsgsA9UtNjz4jeJF cc5Z4NmwAxoahhXWiOv/uUrCeaSHjKyiPdDCzVO4j7YgeIVNb2NSWMpG5dj05tc= =yKXL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----