On Sep 27, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Daniel Berger wrote: > > gem install sys-proctable > > http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/sysutils > > Works on MS Windows, too. > > Regards, > > Dan > > irb(main):005:0> ProcTable.ps(Process.pid) => #<struct Struct::ProcTableStruct pid=13848, ppid=22238, pgid=13848, ruid=501, rgid=501, comm="ruby", state="run", pctcpu=0.0, cpu_num=nil, tty_num=67108877, tty_dev="ttypd", wchan="", time=0, priority=24, usr_priority=0, nice=0, cmdline="", start_time=Fri Sep 28 11:19:38 -0600 2007, max_rss=nil, ix_rss=nil, id_rss=nil, is_rss=nil, minflt=nil, maxflt=nil, nswap=nil, inblock=nil, oublock=nil, msgsnd=nil, msgrcv=nil, nsignals=nil, nvcsw=nil, nivcsw=nil, user_time=nil, system_time=nil> nothing memory-ish looking in there is there? i'm on darwin - no rss support there? cheers. a @ http://drawohara.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama