Re: recapture unallocated memory

2000-01-14 Thread aphro
chances are the memory is being used in "buffers" or "cache" which will be freed when it is needed, it is also possible that staroffice leaves a zombine process behind, check the process list. Or use 'top' and sort by memory usage (the 'M' key) to see whats using memory. nate On Fri, 14 Jan 2000

recapture unallocated memory

2000-01-14 Thread Brian J. Stults
When I start StarOffice it sucks up a bunch of memory, no surprise. Then when I close it, memory usage does not go back down to the level it was at before StarOffice started. I assume this means that all the memory is not being released back into the unallocated pool even though it should be. Is