Brian Ford wrote: > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cd some_directory && tar cf - > some_other_directory' | tar xvf - > > These are large copies of several hundred megabytes. Here was the result: > > tar some_file_path: Cannot write: Permission denied > 4 [main] -bash 2304 fork_copy: user/cygwin data pass 2 failed, > 0x610000..0x627000, done 0, windows pid 3132, Win 32 error 1450 > > The only other operation running on the machine at the time was an ftp in > another xterm window of a several hundred megabyte file. It died with > simply a permission denied error. > > At this point, the machine is still responsive, but trying to do anything > with any Cygwin process gives a similar error. I've looked at the various > resources, memory, handles, threads, etc. in the task manager and nothing > looks unusually high. > > Does anyone have a guess as to what resource I may be lacking (that > presumably some Cygwin process leaked)?
PTEs? Kernel paged pool? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q236964/ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304101 both suggest using perfmon to monitor the kernel paged-pool size. Try running poolmon? Try editing the HKLM\System\CCS\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management keys (see 2nd url above) ? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/
