On Dec 18 08:56, David Rothenberger wrote: > Using the --delete switch to rsync with a large number of files causes > the rsync process to use large amounts of virtual memory with recent > snapshots, including 20051216. With a DLL built from CVS on 20051110, > this doesn't happen. > > The easiest way I found to reproduce it was to run the command: > > % rsync -avRP --delete --exclude='*~' /usr /etc /sbin /some/dest > > twice. The second time, the rsync process will consume hundreds of MB of > memory. With the 20051110 snapshot, the rsync process stays under 9 MB.
Thanks for the report. I've applied a fix and the next snapshot should be "back to normal". Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
