On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 06:45:53PM -0600, Bryan Andersen wrote: > Andreas Rottmann wrote: > > > > Michael De Nil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > on a simple 'find /var -name sendmail* -print' command, the find-process > > > eats all my memory (128 Meg RAM) > > > when there is no memory left, the process gets killed. > > > > > > I work with debian woody with recent update, reiserfs, 128 meg RAM & 256 > > > meg SWAP on my P3 733 system. > > Check the file system for symbolic link loops.
But these occur quite often.. especially with Nautilus - the Desktop directory has a link back to home. IMHO, find should be able to check for those loops. - Adam
