"slocate -u" fills up RAM?

IainCE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 129

Hey.

When I do a 'slocate -u' my RAM (512mb) seems to fill up. The XFCE panel monitor shows an increase from a little over 100mb to around 330mb.

Is this normal? How can I free up this RAM again without restarting?

Thanks for any input.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:37 pm Post subject:

IainCE,

The kernel will free it when its required for something else.
Linux uses all of memory by default. When you need some the Virtual Memory manager makes a priority call and either flushes some dirty buffers or swaps to make memory available.

Don't wory about it - its normal.

You will find whereis is very fast becuase the slocate database is in memory.
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mhodak · Veteran Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1218

IainCE,

you can read more info about memory management here
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=175419