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To: kouye@wanadoo.fr (edward)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD not giving back memory
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> 
> Hi all,
> I use 5.4 Stable on an i386 machine with xorg 6.8.2 and kde 3.4.0. I 
> have been doing a number of RAM intensive tasks such as converting video 
> files and moving big files (7 or 8 Gb) back and forth over a LAN. I have 
> also installed and configured Wine, although I haven't done much with it 
> just yet. I have 26 Gb on my FreeBSD partition (excluding swap) that is 
> used up at 78%.
> I notice that when quitting all applications, the RAM used is not 
> released and 476 Mb of RAM out of 512 Mb available are still indicated 
> as being in use. Is FreeBSD not giving back memory when processes are over ?
> Edward

I think maybe you are misunderstanding how memory is apportioned
and reported.   I am not the best one to answer on this, but it
has been a topic in questions a number of times, so some searching
in the archives might be provide an answer.   I wouldn't be surprised
if there is even a FAQ on it.

////jerry

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