Executing system calls via HBL script

[halabikeren]

Dear HyPhy team,

I wish to monitor the memory uptake of my HBL script, via the script itself. For this purpose, I would like to execute system calls to linux free command from my script.

Is there any way I could do this?

I tried to use: utility.ExecuteInGlobalNamespace("free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $3}'");, but it didn't work.

Thanks! Keren

[spond]

Dear @halabikeren,

You can't make system calls in HyPhy, sorry. You can always use the Linux perf command to capture process state, or run HyPhy through an instrumentation program that can capture memory allocations.

Best, Sergei