[OS X TeX] Swapfiles [WAS: OT: effective Macintosh Trojan ...]

[Aldo Manfroi]

Well, given all the posters that say they don't have problems with 
swapfiles, I will have to do more careful testing. But now I also have 
Tiger on the iBook, so we'll see how that behaves.
AJM


On May 6, 2005, at 9:24, Jason Davies wrote:

>> I have not done any scientific test, but I have never seen the number
>> of swapfiles decrease without a reboot. The way I notice this is on my
>> iBook, where HD space is tight. When many swapfiles are created, the
>> HD free space gets very low. I then quit all applications and wait to
>> see if the free HD space ever increases. It does not, and I then
>> prefer to reboot.
>
>
> for the (OT) record, when I get huge VM use with Soundsoap, quitting 
> the
> app *does* allow them to clear without reboot. The OS seems to only
> salvage the space when it *has* to (as usually happens with Soundsoap).
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