         K3 v1.0 - displays memory free as percentage and bar chart

               (c) 1993 Russell Marks for improbabledesigns



Distribution and Conditions of Use
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This program can be freely used and distributed, but only in an unmodified
form, excepting tarring, compression, etc. for ease of distribution. 

I supply the program on an 'as is' basis, with no warranty of any kind, and
assume no liability or responsibility for any ill it may cause whatsoever.



Compilation details
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If you want the man page or executable not in /usr/man/man1 and
/usr/local/bin respectively, change the BINDIR and/or MANDIR lines in the
Makefile. Then type 'make install'.



Description of the Program
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'k3' displays the memory available as a percentage, the K free, and a simple
bar chart. Disk buffers are not included in the total, as these are reduced
when physical memory is scarse - so performance will decrease as memory runs
out. Kernel memory is not included, just user memory. So for example on my
machine, it gives 3652K total instead of 4096K. If you're using shared
libraries (you probably are) then k3 doesn't use much memory and therefore
distorts the picture of free memory only a little - it's 50K on my machine,
which compensates a bit for the fact that the disk buffers won't reduce to
zero, I think. Honest. :)  C'mon, it's a Unix system not scummy old DOS, 50K
is *nothing* now!  

k3 essentially just paints a prettier picture of the information given when
you do a 'cat /proc/meminfo'. If you don't have the 'proc' file system, a)
get it, and b) k3 won't work until you do.


Enjoy!

- Russell Marks (mr1cy1@gre.ac.uk - until Friday :) )
