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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:39:17 -0800
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: kill pgm ? [2GB file size]

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> It appears that dSync does not use
> DosCopy, so even without buffering, the file copy operation should not
> cause dSync to run out of memory. My best guess is that it is storing a
> full list of all the files to be copied in memory and this is running out
> of memory. The other option is a slow leak.

I've been using MemWatch to monitor memory usage and I don't see a slow
leak or other unusual memory allocations when my dSync runs. But dSync
does create an internal list of all files in Phase 1, which is then used
in Phase 2 (delete unneeded files) and Phase 3 (copy new files). The
code, iirc, is in Pascal and the developer used one of the various OS/2
Pascal compilers. When I have a nanosecond to spare I'm going to check
the docs for any /Test switches, then contact the developer and see if
he'll Open Source the code.

- Peter
"leaving L.A. real soon now"

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