MEM(4)                  COMMAND REFERENCE                  MEM(4)



NAME
     mem, kmem - main memory

DESCRIPTION
     Mem is a special file that is an image of the main memory of
     the computer.  It may be used, for example, to examine (and
     even to patch) the system.

     Byte addresses in mem are interpreted as physical memory
     addresses.  References to non-existent locations cause
     errors to be returned.

     Examining and patching device registers is likely to lead to
     unexpected results when read-only or write-only bits are
     present.

     The file kmem is the same as mem except that kernel virtual
     memory rather than physical memory is accessed.

FILES
     /dev/mem
     /dev/kmem

SEE ALSO
     brk(2).






























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