Hi, all Thank you for your comments. I think that I misunderstood what gc() does because gc() is working as you posted.
I posted my question because gc() doesn't reduce memory in use in a few system memory monitoring tools that I tested. Regards, Hyunchul On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:50 PM, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems to work for me: > > > x <- matrix(0,10000,10000) > > object.size(x) > 800000112 bytes > > gc() > used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb) > Ncells 174104 4.7 741108 19.8 741108 19.8 > Vcells 101761938 776.4 113632405 867.0 102762450 784.1 > > rm(x) > > gc() > used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb) > Ncells 174202 4.7 741108 19.8 741108 19.8 > Vcells 1761954 13.5 90905923 693.6 102762450 784.1 > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Hyunchul Kim > <hyunchul.kim....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, all > > > > I have a huge object that use almost all of available memory. > > > > R> rm(a_huge_object) > > R> gc() > > > > doesn't free memory and ?gc doesn't show anything. > > > > Are there any suggestion? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Regards, > > > > Hyunchul > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Cincinnati, OH > +1 513 646 9390 > > What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
