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PMAP(1) Linux User's Manual PMAP(1)

NAME

pmap - report memory map of a process

SYNOPSIS

pmap [ -x | -d ] [ -q ] pids...
pmap -V

DESCRIPTION

The pmap command reports the memory map of a process or processes.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-x extended Show the extended format.
-d device Show the device format.
-q quiet Do not display some header/footer lines.
-V show version Displays version of program.

EXTENDED AND DEVICE FORMAT FIELDS

Address: start address of map
Kbytes: size of map in kilobytes
RSS: resident set size in kilobytes
Dirty: dirty pages (both shared and private) in kilobytes
Mode: permissions on map: read, write, execute, shared, private (copy on write)
Mapping: file backing the map, or '[ anon ]' for allocated memory, or '[ stack ]' for the program stack
Offset: offset into the file
Device: device name (major:minor)

SEE ALSO

ps(1) pgrep(1)

STANDARDS

No standards apply, but pmap looks an awful lot like a SunOS command.

AUTHOR

Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> wrote pmap in 2002, and is the current maintainer of the procps collection. Please send bug reports to <procps-feedback@lists.sf.net>.

June 1, 2010 Linux