[KLUG Members] free command

[John Bridleman]

* Adam Tauno Williams (adam@morrison-ind.com) wrote:
> >>I execute free before running a memory hog of a program.  Then after
> >>exiting the program, I have less free memory then before starting it. Does
> >>this mean that there is a problem with the program freeing memory, or is it
> >>that the kernel assuming you may use the exact same files again and not 
> >>showing the space as free?
> >>The program in question is the gimp.
> >Here is a god explanation of what your seeing....
> >   http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/tips/#mem_usage
> 
> So God isn't dead? And now he's under the guise of a tech-writer!

"Not THE God, just A god." - Phil Connors (Bill Murray, Groundhog Day)  8-)
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John Bridleman / john@bridleman.org