Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:52:39 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> To: Phillip Salzman <phill@rumfish.corp.gulf.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory leaks? Message-ID: <19991119195239.D18845@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911191013590.2781-100000@rumfish.corp.gulf.net>; from phill@rumfish.corp.gulf.net on Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 10:37:11AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911191013590.2781-100000@rumfish.corp.gulf.net>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 10:37:11AM -0600, Phillip Salzman wrote:
> I'm having a very strange problem. We are attempting to rsync var/mail
> from a BSD/OS 3.1 machine, to its replacement, a FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE
> box.
>
> This uses a lot of memory, in theory, but it should release it when
> completed. I'd think :)
>
> Mem: 10M Active, 214M Inact, 14M Wired, 10M Cache, 8337K Buf, 896K Free
^^^^^^^^^^
As far as I know, this just mean that this memory has been used, and is
available, but it's not zero'ed.
/Jesper
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