How to measure maximum memory usage of XYZ application?

Grawp · 02-21-2009, 04:02 AM

How to measure maximum memory usage of XYZ application in GNU/Linux systems? I have an application for processing some information from text files. Its average runtime is about 4ms so running a script which is looking for memory usage from 'ps' is not an option.
Any help is appreciated.
sorry for my english

tokico · 02-21-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Grawp

How to measure maximum memory usage of XYZ application in GNU/Linux systems? I have an application for processing some information from text files. Its average runtime is about 4ms so running a script which is looking for memory usage from 'ps' is not an option.
Any help is appreciated.
sorry for my english

I think if you use:

Code:

./XYZ.sh & ps aux | grep XYZ

you will get what you want, because the & sign means that ps and grep are run at the same time. Assuming it's XYZ. ;D