proc_pid_mem(5) File Formats Manual proc_pid_mem(5) NAME /proc/pid/mem - memory DESCRIPTION /proc/pid/mem This file can be used to access the pages of a process's memory through open(2), read(2), and lseek(2). Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS check; see ptrace(2). SEE ALSO proc(5) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_pid_mem(5)