From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 21 12:37:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA15555 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from verdi.jlc.net (root@verdi.jlc.net [199.201.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15547 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:37:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from chip@localhost) by verdi.jlc.net (8.8.3/8.6.9) id PAA21693; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:40:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970621154042.19198@verdi.jlc.net> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:40:42 -0400 From: Chip Marshall To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: du: fts_read: Cannot allocate memory Reply-To: chip@jlc.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I was just wondering what the 'du: fts_read: Cannot allocate memory' error is all about, and how to take care of it. I encounter this error when trying to use du on directories with a large number of files, specifically, directories on an Usenet news server. -- Chip Marshall http://www.jlc.net/~chip/ InterNIC handle - CLM21 Key fingerprint = BA B1 8E 14 60 C6 10 32 18 24 C6 F1 D5 CC 80 52