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>
