Bob Sneidar wrote:
> On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I could use "top -l1 -n0" to get just the overview stuff from which
>>
>> I can parse out the memory info, but it's not a very fast command to
>> execute, taking more than a second to return the result to LiveCode.
>
> When I execute this directly from the shell the result is almost
> instantaneous.
But how long does it take when you try it in the LiveCode Message Box:
put the millisecs into t; get shell("top -l1 -n0"); put the millisecs -
t && it
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