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Re: [cobalt-users] SUMMARY: backup.cgi script getting out-of-memory errors



On Thursday 28 March 2002 03:30 pm, Evans, Tim wrote:
> Yesterday, I wrote:
> > My RAQ4i (kernel rev 2.2.16C32_III), colocated at an ISP, is throwing
> > out-of-memory errors during the backup.cgi script (run via
> > cron.daily).  The
> > script ftp's the resulting backup file to another host at the
> > ISP, and has
> > been working for a couple of years.
> >
> > In the last couple of weeks, it has failed with these errors
> > just under half
> > the time; about 2-3 times a week.
> >

It may be that over this period of time that there are more and larger files.
If you don't have 512MB try adding more.
I assume that the script runs in the background, so make it the last thing
to run in /etc/cron.daily rename it zbackup.sh, or at least the last file in 
an ls output.


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