On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, btt wrote:
> What is the difference between the SIZE and the RSS of a process? I've
> read the man page for top(1), but would really like to hear an
> in-depth, technical explanation.
RSS=Resident Shared Size. It has something to do with shared libraries
and the fact that their memory is added to the SIZEs of several processes
(I think). Sorry I couldn't be more vague.
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