NAME


pmap - display information about process memory mappings

SYNOPSIS


pmap [ -d | -q | -h | -V | -A low,high ] pid

DESCRIPTION


pmap(1) displays information about a process’s memory mappings, such as its stack, data segment, mapped files, and so on.

The pmap(1) utility will show, for each mapping of a given process, the starting byte address in the process’s address space, the size, the RSS (size of the mapping in physical memory), the amount of dirty pages, the permission, the device node, the offset, and the file backing the mapping, if any.

As the last line of output, the pmap(1) utility will tally up the total size of all mappings as well as show the total size of writable/private mappings and of shared mappings.

OPTIONS


Display major and minor device numbers.
Limit results to the given range.
Hide header and memory statistics.
Show pmap usage.
Display version information.

FILES


/proc/pid/mapsand /proc/pid/smaps -- memory mapping information

SEE ALSO


ps(1), top(1), free(1), vmstat(1)

AUTHORS


Written by Chris Rivera.

The procps package is maintained by Albert Calahan. Please send bug reports to <albert@users.sf.net>.

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