What is the win32 API function for private bytes (the ones you can see in perfmon).
I'd like to avoid the .NET API
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Why do you want to avoid the .NET API? – Chris Pietschmann Feb 18 '09 at 16:35
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1No technical reason; I'm just asking :) – sthiers Feb 19 '09 at 11:11
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BOOL WINAPI GetProcessMemoryInfo(
__in HANDLE Process,
__out PPROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS ppsmemCounters,
__in DWORD cb
);
Where ppsmemCounters parameter can be a PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS or PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS_EX structure. Just typecast PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS_EX to PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS.
PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS_EX.PrivateUsage is what you're looking for.
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You can collect the same data perfmon shows using the performance counters API
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You need to clarify what you are trying to do. These are internal figures whose value is not really controlled by any API.
Technically Private Bytes is the commit charge, the amount of memory allocated in the swap file to hold the contents of the applications private memory should it be swapped out.
Generally private bytes = amount of dynamically allocated memory + some extra.
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