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From: zemon (Art Zemon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: excessive swap space requirements
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Date: 7 Dec 87 21:15:30 GMT
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In article <13289@felix.UUCP> mouse@uunet.UU.NET (der Mouse) writes:
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>How sure are you that brk() is failing for lack of swap space?

I know it is brk(2) because of the messages coming from the
failing programs.  Furthermore, "pstat -s", when it can get
enough core to run, reveals that we are critically low on
swap space.
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