Subj : What does Memory mean?
To   : All
From : Mike Luther
Date : Sat Nov 24 2001 01:18 pm

Please consider this log snip from my Squish Log.

Why is mem= decreasing with runs of Squish?   This is SQ386P for OS/2..

 + 24 Nov 03:00:01 SQSH Begin, Squish/386 v1.11 (mem=500496K - main=00020010)
 # 24 Nov 03:00:01 SQSH Scanning messages
 # 24 Nov 03:00:01 SQSH Packing from C:\Msg\Net (145 msgs)
 : 24 Nov 03:00:05 SQSH   Packed=0
 + 24 Nov 03:00:05 SQSH End.  Toss=0 (0/s), sent=0 (0/s), mem=500412K

 + 24 Nov 03:05:01 SQSH Begin, Squish/386 v1.11 (mem=500488K - main=00020010)
 # 24 Nov 03:05:01 SQSH Scanning messages
 # 24 Nov 03:05:01 SQSH Packing from C:\Msg\Net (145 msgs)
 : 24 Nov 03:05:04 SQSH   Packed=0
 + 24 Nov 03:05:04 SQSH End.  Toss=0 (0/s), sent=0 (0/s), mem=500404K

 + 24 Nov 04:00:01 SQSH Begin, Squish/386 v1.11 (mem=500484K - main=00020010)
 # 24 Nov 04:00:02 SQSH Scanning messages
 # 24 Nov 04:00:02 SQSH Packing from C:\Msg\Net (145 msgs)
 : 24 Nov 04:00:05 SQSH   Packed=0
 + 24 Nov 04:00:05 SQSH End.  Toss=0 (0/s), sent=0 (0/s), mem=500400K

Is this telling me that SQUISH is finding less memory each time it is run,or 
that it is a memory leak, or that we have a leak somewhere else in the game 
between this and that?

In this case the .CMD file which runs the whole show *IS* required to call a 
DOS-VDM application as part of the message handling squence!  I cannot replace 
the tool with any native OS/2 application at all and am stuck with it here.

I haven't added, among other things, a memory trace routine at all after each 
and every use of anyting in the batch file.  But I could.  As well,although I 
do have THESEUS, I really don't know enough about that game to use it, but 
would, sigh, go down that pig trail if I had to, I guess..

    sigh ..

Thank you!

Mike @ 1:117/100



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