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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>.



Linux				 June 1, 2010			       PMAP(1)