On 2018-07-02, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov <gen...@mva.name> wrote: >> kill -s SIGSTOP <list of PIDs> >> kill -s SIGCONT <list of PIDs> > > Although, such a "freezing" doesn't free any RAM :-/
It should. The pages used by the stopped process will get swapped out if/when the RAM is needed for other purposes. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Could I have a drug at overdose? gmail.com