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From:	Jordan <uptownb0y AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Shell script loop runs out of memory
Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 22:53:01 +0000 (UTC)
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Jordan <uptownb0y <at> yahoo.com> writes:
> This works great for several hours, but then gives an "out 
> of memory" error and actually brings Windows 7 to its knees.
> I can provide the exact memory error if 
> requested

I reproduced it again.  The error messages are as follows:

./myscript.sh: line 32: /usr/bin/cut: Cannot allocate memory
./myscript.sh: line 32: /usr/bin/md5sum: Cannot allocate memory
./myscript.sh: line 32: /usr/bin/grep: Cannot allocate memory
      1 [main] sh 437152 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessW failed for
                         'C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe', errno 12
./myscript.sh: fork: Cannot allocate memory

...and the script aborts at that point.

So, this totally confirms everyone's responses that the issue is related to 
forking.

Thanks all...


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