Re: [LUG] RH8 bash memory leak?

[Simon Waters <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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John Horne wrote:
>
> The
> system doesn't have anywhere near that sort of memory (real or
> virtual):-)

Hmm in which case it seems likely to me it is a bug in "top".

> The only thing I have noticed is that it seems to be the
execution of
> external commands (e.g. sleep) which could be the problem. If
I replace
> 'sleep' with say an 'if' test then I get no problem.

I don't think top does much but loop around /proc/NNNN adding
numbers up, so what version of top, what version of kernel on
each box.

Could be bug in more obscure dependency of course, or a
virus/trojan or a host of other stuff.
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