Just don't try to cat man du. :-) Bryan
> > From: Bill Rising <brising at Louisville.edu> > Date: 2003/02/17 Mon AM 10:28:03 EST > To: "MacUser Group" < macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Using some X11 programs in OS-X 10.2.3 > > On 2/17/03 10:00, Jerry Yeager wrote > > >I can understand that. > > > >Try this one for getting 'lost memory' back > > > >top > >sudo du -sx / > > > >The disk will whirl for a while, then you will see the 'free memory' > >rise (sometimes a lot if you have had a memory leak). > > > > Worked as advertised, and I ended up with more free memory. What does it > du (hehehe)? When I looked at the man page (translation: 'man' is the > manual for unix, so typing 'man du' gives the help page), it stated that > it displayed disk usage statistics. So... why would it free up memory? > > Bill > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http:// www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
