Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/opt/bash-4.2/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/opt/readline/include -I. -I./include -I./lib -I/opt/ncurses/include -g -O2 Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2 Patch Level: 29 Release Status: release Description: If you interrupt the evaluation of **/ wildcard expansion, the file descriptors which were opened will not be closed. Also, memory used will not be released. Repeat-By: ls /**/*.txt # Wait 10 seconds, then press CTRL-C. ls -la /proc/$$/fd/ # To see the memory leak, run 'top' while you do this. The memory # usage will grow, and will not return to normal values when the # operation is interrupted. # I have also seen out of memory and out of file descriptors errors # after waiting for a long time before interrupting the process.