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kmem(4)

Name

kmem − virtual main memory image

Description

The kmem special file is an image of the virtual main memory of the computer. It may be used, for example, to examine (and even to patch) the running system.

Byte addresses in kmem are interpreted as virtual memory addresses. For VAXs, the per-process data for the current process is at virtual address 7ffff000(16).

Restrictions

The kmem memory file is accessed one byte at a time.

Files

/dev/kmem

See Also

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