I'm with you Marta! On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 07:37 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
> Well, here comes the ignorant old lady again. I know you know it all, > but I have no idea what swap files are. And where do you find them > and what are they supposed to do and are or are not doing? And what > garbage is not collected? I am sure there are others on this list who > don't know and would like to, just don't have my fortitude in asking. > Marta > On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:54, Bill Rising wrote: > >> [snip...] >>> ---- >>> >>> I found one interesting thing out while taking a rare leisurely >>> stroll >>> through the undergrowth of my Mac. Apple seems to keep its swap file >>> [using the hard drive as extra memory for emergencies] in /var/vm/. >>> I seem >>> to have 2 64M ones and a 128M one. Wonder why, the one thing this >>> laptop >>> shouldn't need more of is memory. >> >> It seems that Panther has a big appetite for swap files. I typically >> have >> the same 256M of swap files. >> >> Today the swap files are out of hand: 2x64M, 1x128M, 1x256M, and >> 1x512M, >> for a total of 1G of swap. I have a sneaking suspicion that garbage >> collecting is not being done properly. >> >> Bill >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
