It also cleans various cache areas. Removes orphaned processes. Cleans up lost files (large and small) which may be left over from killed processes. Fixes stale NFS mounts (probably related to cache area problems),....
Nothing serious or show stoppers, but it does tend to tidy things up and make it all run smoother again. Granted, if you took (or had) the time to hunt them down a lot of these could be cleaned up manually, but a reboot is quick (relatively) and thorough. -jhb- ==================================== From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:22:02PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: >> Care to elaborate on what kinds of annoyances get cleared up by rebooting? > > Memory leaks. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
