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From: chapman@sco.COM (Brian Chapman)
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Subject: Re: SCO Unix 3.2 brk()/sbrk() problems????
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Date: 4 Jan 91 19:10:51 GMT
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chapman@sco.COM (Brian Chapman) writes:

>The size of data was never decreased or cleared, even in exec()!

I recieved some mail, so I would like to be very clear here.

The actual size of the process *is* reduced when you sbrk() down,
that is to say the memory above the new sbrk() *is* given back
to the operating system.  It is simply not reported correctly to ps(C).

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