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[Moshe Zadka]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:01:00 -0800, Glen Bunting <Glen@ihello-inc.com> wrote:

> Let me rephrase the question.  I didn't state the question very clearly.  I
> am trying to write a python script on Mandrake Linux that will check the
> amount of free memory available, similar to using the 'free' command.  I
> already have a script written in sh which does this by calling  the free
> command, but I am trying to re-write it completely in python.

os.popen("free")
You're free to go dig around in /proc if you really want to, but
free will always know more then you do. 
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