Tried - no luck. Maybe a different user group. Tried profiling and the issue is definitely in fill_array routine. It is only incrementing/decrementing single key hashes - really strange - I wish I could profile each statement. Maybe I'll put each stement in a separate sub and try profiling again!
-----Original Message----- From: Tillman, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:47 AM To: Khosla, Deepak; Michael Krygowski Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: memory usage issue You might also try searching through the archives for this mailing list on this topic. I remember a discussion about a year ago involving large variable allocations in a loop and memory usage. jpt > -----Original Message----- > From: Khosla, Deepak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:41 PM > To: Michael Krygowski > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: memory usage issue > > > Thanks Michael. > I'll try it. I think the issue is internally with the hashes > - either they are not getting released or there is something > I am overlooking. I can see the perl process contiue chewing > memory while doing slower and slower I/O.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Krygowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:19 PM > To: Khosla, Deepak > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: memory usage issue > > > Deepak, > > An application that I use quite a bit for tracking memory > issues and such, is called Process Explorer. You can find > the application at www.sysinternals.com. They have quite a > few other applications that have proved helpful in the past. > > HTH > > - Michael > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Khosla, Deepak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: memory usage issue > > > Hi, > Is there any way to find what is using up large amounts of > memory in a program. > I am reading large files in a loop (30-50 MB each). Before > each I initialize a few hashes to () but it appears that as I > read multiple files, things get slower. Is there a wat to > tell where the leak may be. I have looked through the code > severla times but possibly could be missing something. > > > ============================================ > Deepak Khosla > > HP Direct: 281-514-9234 > Self Direct: 713-339-7201 > ============================================ > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs