Received: from forward.win.bright.net (forward.win.bright.net [208.140.2.19]) by hub.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8SF1Jp12575; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:01:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hasler.dhh.gt.org (elk-ras1-cs-124.win.bright.net [64.33.137.126]) by forward.win.bright.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA25772; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:01:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (helo=toncho.dhh.gt.org ident=mail) by hasler.dhh.gt.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 13efBO-0000TQ-00; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:01:10 -0500 Received: from john by toncho.dhh.gt.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 13efAZ-0001oy-00; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:00:19 -0500 To: "pgsql-sql@postgresql.org" , "pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: memory usage References: <39D2CB86.579C8FE5@kss.net.au> From: John Hasler Date: 28 Sep 2000 10:00:19 -0500 In-Reply-To: Carolyn Wong's message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:39:35 +1000" Message-ID: <87itrgd0jg.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org> Lines: 11 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archive-Number: 200009/227 Carolyn Wong writes: > This program seems to use a lot of the memory on the linux server, and > the memory doesn't seem to be released at the end of execution. Are you quite certain that this is actually what is happening? Linux memory usage can be confusing. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI