---
name: "wmmemmon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmmemmon"
version: "1.0.1-6"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmmemmon"
---

# wmmemmon(1)

A dockapp to monitor memory/swap usages

## NAME

wmmemmon - A dockapp to monitor memory/swap usages

## SYNOPSIS

**wmmemmon \[options\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **wmmemmon** command.

**WMMemMon** is a program to monitor memory/swap usages. It is a dockapp that is supported by X window managers such as Window Maker, AfterStep, BlackBox, and Enlightenment.

The current memory usage is displaied as the outside pie-slices.  The swap usage is represented by the inside slices. It has an LCD look-alike user interface. The back-light may be turned on/off by clicking the mouse button over the appliacation. If the usage hits a certain threshold, an alarm-mode will alert you by turning on back-light.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-d, --display \<string\>**

  Attempt to open a window on the named X display. In the absence of  this option, the  display  specified  by the **DISPLAY** environment variable is used.

- **-bl, --backlight**

  turn on back-light.

- **-lc, --light-color \<color\>**

  back-light color. (rgb:6E/C6/3B is default)

- **-i, --interval \<number\>**

  number of secs between updates. (1 is default)

- **-b, --ignore-buffers**

  ignore buffers. (GNU/Linux)

- **-c, --ignore-cached**

  ignore cached pages. (GNU/Linux / FreeBSD)

- **-c, --ignore-wired**

  ignore wired pages. (FreeBSD)

- **-h, --help**

  show help text and exit.

- **-v, --version**

  show program version and exit.

- **-w, --windowed**

  run the application in windowed mode

- **-wp, --windowed-withpanel**

  run the application in windowed mode with background panel

- **-bw, --broken-wm**

  activate broken window manager fix

- **-a, --alarm-mem \<percentage\>**

  activate alarm mode of memory. \<percentage\> is threshold of percentage from 0 to 100.(90 is default)

- **-a, --alarm-swap \<percentage\>**

  activate alarm mode of swap. \<percentage\> is threshold of percentage from 0 to 100.(50 is default)

## AUTHOR

WMMemMon was written by Seiichi SATO \<ssato@sh.rim.or.jp\>.