Doug; Listen, I do not wish to start a religious debate. As I mentioned earlier, to each his or her own. There's nothing wrong with BASH. I just don't like it just like I don't like cranberries. But I've nothing against people who like cranberries! As for BASH memory footprint, here's the pmap BASH vs pmap KSH (my shell of choice) on a Solaris 10 x86 Update 3 running on my Fujitsu notebook.. bash-3.00# pmap -x $$ 991: bash Address Kbytes RSS Anon Locked Mode Mapped File 08045000 12 12 4 - rw--- [ stack ] 08050000 528 460 - - r-x-- bash 080E3000 76 40 - - rwx-- bash 080F6000 92 92 - - rwx-- [ heap ] D25B6000 4 4 - - rwxs- [ anon ] D25C0000 4 4 - - rwx-- [ anon ] D25D0000 740 684 - - r-x-- libc.so.1 D2699000 24 24 - - rw--- libc.so.1 D269F000 8 8 - - rw--- libc.so.1 D26B0000 24 12 4 - rwx-- [ anon ] D26C0000 512 376 - - r-x-- libnsl.so.1 D2740000 20 20 - - rw--- libnsl.so.1 D2745000 32 16 - - rw--- libnsl.so.1 D2750000 44 44 - - r-x-- libsocket.so.1 D276B000 4 4 - - rw--- libsocket.so.1 D2770000 4 4 4 - rwx-- [ anon ] D2780000 136 92 - - r-x-- libcurses.so.1 D27B2000 28 24 - - rw--- libcurses.so.1 D27B9000 8 8 - - rw--- libcurses.so.1 D27C0000 4 4 - - r-x-- libdl.so.1 D27CA000 132 132 - - r-x-- ld.so.1 D27FB000 4 4 4 - rwx-- ld.so.1 D27FC000 8 8 4 - rwx-- ld.so.1 -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- total Kb 2448 2076 20 - # pmap -x $$ 988: ksh -o vi Address Kbytes RSS Anon Locked Mode Mapped File 08045000 12 12 4 - rw--- [ stack ] 08050000 164 164 - - r-x-- ksh 08089000 4 4 - - rw--- ksh 0808A000 32 32 - - rw--- [ heap ] D26C7000 4 4 - - rwxs- [ anon ] D26D0000 4 4 - - rwx-- [ anon ] D26E0000 740 684 - - r-x-- libc.so.1 D27A9000 24 24 - - rw--- libc.so.1 D27AF000 8 8 - - rw--- libc.so.1 D27C0000 24 12 4 - rwx-- [ anon ] D27CA000 132 132 - - r-x-- ld.so.1 D27FB000 4 4 4 - rwx-- ld.so.1 D27FC000 8 8 4 - rwx-- ld.so.1 -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- total Kb 1160 1092 16 - Granted there's shared libraries and stuff, but looking at the anon column.... Warmest Regards Steven Sim Doug Scott wrote: Steven Sim wrote: Fujitsu Asia Pte. Ltd. _____________________________________________________ This e-mail is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. |
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