Thanks Forrest for the confirmation! I'll subscribe. And thanks all for the streaming `ls [-f]` suggestion. I should have mentioned I had tried that, but it doesn't really solve this problem.
The reason is because unless you are processing each file instantly, the backpressure is going to build up, as `ls` keeps outputting names but your app isn't processing them -- so the memory usage is going to build up inside Node either way. Pausing the stream only pauses the output stream, causing Node to buffer up the data; it can't magically pause `ls` execution. At least, that's my understanding. Happy to be corrected. Aseem -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/2b131db2-d83c-411a-9963-7452044dafdc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
