You may want to enable garbage collection on gctorture(on = TRUE)
see: ?gctorture ?gcinfo ?object.size >-----Original Message----- >From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] >On Behalf Of Marc Jekel >Sent: 23 November 2011 15:42 >To: R-help@r-project.org >Subject: [R] memory allocation in R > >Dear R community, > >I was observing a memory issue in R (latest 64bit R version running on a >win 7 64 bit system) that made me curious. > >I kept track of the memory f my PC allocated to R to calculate + keep >several objects in the workspace. If I then save the workspace, close R, >and open the workspace again, less memory is allocated to keep the same >set of variables into the workspace. For my case, the reduction in >memory size was quite significant (approx. 2 GB). > >Does anyone know why R behaves in this manner - put differently: What >does R keep in the workspace beyond the objects before I close R? Can I >induce the reduction in memory without the need to close R? > >Thanks for an email! > >Marc > >______________________________________________ >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. LEGAL NOTICE This message is intended for the use o...{{dropped:10}} ______________________________________________ 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.