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From: session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Memory Madness.
Message-ID: <1794@seq.uncwil.edu>
Date: 1 Jul 91 04:15:06 GMT
References: <1991Jul1.020824.15604@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
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zambotti@wpowz.enet.dec.com (Walter Zambotti DEC) writes:

>If I type this command frmo the shell prompt :

>	os9>iniz /r0
>	os9>mfree
>	... 240k ...

>And do a mfree I end up with 240k of free memory.  But if I place the
>above command in a shell script and execute the script from the shell I
>end up with 232k of free memory.  Why?

Cuz a shell script (more accuratly referred to in OS-9 as a "procedure
file") is executed in a child Shell process. This additional process
in the system takes up another 8K since EVERY process requires a minimum
of 8K in the system map. Buy Kev's book.


Zack C. Sessions
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