---
name: "smemcap"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "smemcap"
version: "1.5-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/smemcap"
---

# smemcap(8)

Capture memory usage data for later processing by smem.

## NAME

smemcap - Capture memory usage data for later processing by smem.

## SYNOPSIS

**smemcap**

## DESCRIPTION

**smemcap** captures data on system to be later processed by **smem**. It captures all /proc entries required by **smem** and outputs them as an uncompressed .tar file to STDOUT.

**smem** can analyze the output using the **--source** option. **smemcap** is small and does not require Python.

## OPTIONS

This program does not accept any options.

## EXAMPLE

smemcap \> memorycapture.tar

## FILES

*/proc/$pid/cmdline*

*/proc/$pid/smaps*

*/proc/$pid/stat*

*/proc/meminfo*

*/proc/version*

## RESOURCES

Main Web Site: http://www.selenic.com/smem

Source code repository: http://selenic.com/repo/smem

Mailing list: http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/smem

## SEE ALSO

[**smem**(8)](/smem/8.md), [**free**(1)](/free/1.md), [**pmap**(1)](/pmap/1.md), [**proc**(5)](/proc/5.md), [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md), [**top**(1)](/top/1.md), [**vmstat**(8)](/vmstat/8.md)

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Matt Mackall.  Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.

## AUTHOR

**smem** was written by Matt Mackall.