On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:30:42AM +0000, John wrote: > Hello list > > Is there a way of seeing *what* program/process is eating swap. There are > loads of ways of seeing that it is being eaten, but so far haven't found a way > of knowing what eats, so can't fix the problem. Can anyone enlighten me?
Use ps or top, and look for the process with the huge size. This is not foolproof, because a process can allocate memory without using it (e.g. rpc.statd), but it's a place to start. If you see a process that is both large, and paging to/from disk, that's a better indication. Kris
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