Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: vi core dumping on Sun 2 (fixed, but would like explanations) Message-ID: <494@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 03:22:22 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.494 Posted: Thu Jun 27 03:22:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 01:44:32 EDT References: <168@ittral.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 9 (This is not an attempt at an explanation.) The sticky bit doesn't keep things in core; it keeps them around in swap space once they've made it out there. (They will hang around in the buffer cache for a short while, but at 200K (for a 2M Sun) that isn't usually very long.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland