Re: Appendfile memory usage (redux)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50773
interpreted = N
texte = The [appendfile] code acts as John described. We open the file in append mode and write the new data to the end of the file. Not sure why appending to a 100MB file would cause a problem. Perhaps the file is severely fragmented? My Win2000 machine, which is normally very stable, will start crashing when a partition becomes severely fragmented.> -----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > Bob Minor > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:25 AM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: Appendfile memory usage (redux) > > > Well we were getting constant crashing and weren't able to locate the > problem for the longest time. Last night I found one of our log files > was about 108mb. Which is fairly large but since I thought it was as > you write here I never considered the file size. But with > webdna 4.5.1 > constantly crashing 2 or 3 times a day. and the errorlog and extended > log not giving us much. I removed the suspect file and so far we have > not crashed. This is far from scientific, but since, it seems to have > had an affect I thought I would ask. I will keep you all > informed, but > if SMSI could chime in that would be nice. > > Robert Minor > > On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 11:05 AM, John Peacock wrote: > > > Not that I have noticed and it would be immensely stupid if it was > > true. All O/S's that I am aware of permit open in APPEND > mode, which > > simply opens the file and hands the filehandle back already > positioned > > to the end of the file on disk. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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The [appendfile] code acts as John described. We open the file in append mode and write the new data to the end of the file. Not sure why appending to a 100MB file would cause a problem. Perhaps the file is severely fragmented? My Win2000 machine, which is normally very stable, will start crashing when a partition becomes severely fragmented.> -----Original Message----- > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > Bob Minor > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:25 AM > To: WebDNA Talk > Subject: Re: Appendfile memory usage (redux) > > > Well we were getting constant crashing and weren't able to locate the > problem for the longest time. Last night I found one of our log files > was about 108mb. Which is fairly large but since I thought it was as > you write here I never considered the file size. But with > webdna 4.5.1 > constantly crashing 2 or 3 times a day. and the errorlog and extended > log not giving us much. I removed the suspect file and so far we have > not crashed. This is far from scientific, but since, it seems to have > had an affect I thought I would ask. I will keep you all > informed, but > if SMSI could chime in that would be nice. > > Robert Minor > > On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 11:05 AM, John Peacock wrote: > > > Not that I have noticed and it would be immensely stupid if it was > > true. All O/S's that I am aware of permit open in APPEND > mode, which > > simply opens the file and hands the filehandle back already > positioned > > to the end of the file on disk. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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