X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:27:22 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot (rsync mem use) Message-ID: <20051219152722.GH2965@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20051130171137.GE2999@calimero.vinschen.de> <43A594A9.9000906@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43A594A9.9000906@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Dec 18 08:56, David Rothenberger wrote: > Using the --delete switch to rsync with a large number of files causes > the rsync process to use large amounts of virtual memory with recent > snapshots, including 20051216. With a DLL built from CVS on 20051110, > this doesn't happen. > > The easiest way I found to reproduce it was to run the command: > > % rsync -avRP --delete --exclude='*~' /usr /etc /sbin /some/dest > > twice. The second time, the rsync process will consume hundreds of MB of > memory. With the 20051110 snapshot, the rsync process stays under 9 MB. Thanks for the report. I've applied a fix and the next snapshot should be "back to normal". Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/