Quincy Center for Technical Education
Computer Technology Department

Mem

Displays information about allocated memory areas, free memory areas, and programs that are currently loaded into memory in the MS-DOS subsystem.

mem [/program|/debug|/classify]

Parameters

none

Type mem without parameters to display the status of the MS-DOS subsystem's used and free memory.

/program

Displays the status of programs that are currently loaded into memory. You cannot use the /program switch with the /debug switch or the /classify switch. You can abbreviate /program as /p.

/debug

Displays the status of currently loaded programs and of internal drivers, and displays other programming information. You cannot use the /debug switch with the /program switch or the /classify switch. You can abbreviate /debug as /d.

/classify

Displays the status of programs loaded into conventional memory and the upper memory area. This switch lists the size of each program in decimal and hexadecimal notation, provides a summary of memory use, and lists the largest memory blocks that are available. You cannot use the /classify switch with the /program switch or the /debug switch. You can abbreviate /classify as /c.