SIZE vs. RES in top(1) output

All, I'm a bit confused on the difference between SIZE and RES in the output of top(1) (the same goes for VSZ vs RSS in ps(1) output). The manpage says : SIZEThe total size of the process (the text, data, and stack segments). RES The current amount of resident memory. Reading

Re: SIZE vs. RES in top(1) output

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Paul de Weerd wrote: All, I'm a bit confused on the difference between SIZE and RES in the output of top(1) (the same goes for VSZ vs RSS in ps(1) output). The manpage says : SIZE The total size of the process (the text, data, and stack segments). RES