Shell Script for memory alert

Written By Smart| 1 August 2009| 2 Comments

Shell script which tell about low memory status message with xwindow dailog box.

#!/bin/sh
#
#author : admin@smartproteam.com
#copy rights@smartproteam 2009
#script to low ram alert

tolmem=$(free -m| grep Mem | awk ‘{print $4}’)
expmem=300
if [ $tolmem -lt $expmem ]
then
xmessage “Physical mem is low”
fi

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tanja said:

that’s crap because most memory is used as cache and free space only means lost perfomance.

# 3 August 2009 at 1:29 pm

Smart (author) said:

Hi tanja,

my script is reminding performance is going to low,so that he can kill some of the unnecessary process.

thanks for your comment

thanks
admin

# 3 August 2009 at 1:34 pm