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Date:      22 Dec 2004 19:36:16 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Tim <Niy@extacy.homeip.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Top loses memory over time? Memory leak?
Message-ID:  <44fz1xdf5r.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <41CA0452.1080300@extacy.homeip.net>
References:  <41CA0452.1080300@extacy.homeip.net>

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Tim <Niy@extacy.homeip.net> writes:

> This machine sat unattended all day. What could be causing the drastic
> drop in Free memory? Is this normal? When I actually use the machine,
> it's even worse... Almost all of my RAM goes from Free to other
> various states, Mostly Inactive, even after I've closed all the
> programs I've had open, rather quickly (maybe an hour or two)

See the FAQ, but basically the answer is 
"Free memory is wasted memory."



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