RE: [SLUG] Big Memory Leak

[John Wiltshire <jw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Erich Schulz [mailto:erich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
>I tried to run ImageMagick (via the convert command), to reduce the
>resolution of some gifs, BUT, after the first large file, there was so
>little memory availble that I had to reboot the machine.
>
>I thought the kernel made sure that resources were pooled when 
>a process
>was finished ?
>
>How can I get my ram back without rebooting ?

The kernel does ensure you get all the RAM back.  Are you sure the process
exited?  Run 'ps' and figure out which process is using the memory.

John Wiltshire