From man page of "free" on Solaris 8:
The argument to free() is a pointer to a block previously allocated by malloc(), calloc(), or realloc(). After free() is executed, this space is made available for further allo- cation by the application, though not returned to the sys- tem. Memory is returned to the system only upon termination of the application. Two questions: 1. What the situation in Linux ? Is "free" returns memory to OS ? 2. If not - what the proper call to "flush" memory back to OS ? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
