Re: Problems with /proc/meminfo & free

David Holland (dholland@hcs.harvard.edu)
Sun, 25 Feb 1996 23:58:09 -0500 (EST)

> > I'd ask why meminfo is now reporting two copies of each piece of
> > information... wouldn't it be better to have either the horizontal or
> > vertical format, but not both?
>
> The patch does state that the old info format will disappear as soon as
> there are new versions of the tools...

Why is the new format better? free could easily be fixed so new
columns and/or rows could be added to the old format without it
breaking.

The new format is less legible, and should also in any case output in
bytes. 

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