Dear all
Thanks a lot for your very helpful explanations and suggestions. I
have increased the size of my computer's "swapfile" and this solved my
problem, i.e., R no longer crashes when I work with character string
variables in my large data set (probably until I work with an even
larger data set
On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 04:27, wrote:
>
> If R is receiving a kill signal there is nothing it can do about it.
>
> I am guessing you are running into a memory over-commit issue in your OS.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_overcommitment
> https://engineering.pivotal.io/post/virtual_memory_set
On 12 December 2020 at 21:26, luke-tier...@uiowa.edu wrote:
| If R is receiving a kill signal there is nothing it can do about it.
|
| I am guessing you are running into a memory over-commit issue in your OS.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_overcommitment
|
https://engineering.pivotal.io
If R is receiving a kill signal there is nothing it can do about it.
I am guessing you are running into a memory over-commit issue in your OS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_overcommitment
https://engineering.pivotal.io/post/virtual_memory_settings_in_linux_-_the_problem_with_overcommit/
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