This is standard for Java. Memory isn't garbage collected insantly - if it were, your server would perform badly.
If you watch the memory for a few hours after, does it eventually get cleaned up or does it never get released? On 7/27/06, Kervin L. Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Reading large files into memory using > CFFile, in a loop, creates a memory leak. > As anyone else seen this? > > Even if the same variable is being used > ColdFusion never releases the memory of > previous files. > > It seems that at least some of that memory > sticks around even after the script ends. > We found that out, after we tried using > multiple runs of the script to allow the > memory to be released in the end. > > As anyone seen this behavior and have a > workaround? > > Best regards, > Kervin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

