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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Duplicating using WB??
Message-ID: <7848@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 89 19:03:49 GMT
References: <1989Sep6.123302.9638@iesd.auc.dk>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1989Sep6.123302.9638@iesd.auc.dk> kasper@iesd.auc.dk (Kasper Osterbye) writes:
>What are the idea that duplicating (using WB) requires all
>the memory on the machine? If I pick the drawer `empty' and
>say duplicate, it eats all available ram, and then gives it back
>again - why is that?

It's a bug.  There is a subroutine in Workbench called GetAllMem()
which the Workbench uses to get enough memory for the recursive
copy.  For 1.4 we will rename the routine to "GetJustEnoughMem()"  which will
solve the problem.  And people say that routine names don't make
a difference!  :-)

		andy
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