Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:31:32 +0530 | Subject | Copying large files eats all of the RAM | From | venkata koppula <> |
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Hi,
I am using cp command to copy a list of files each with size of around 1GB (copy within the same hard disk).
My laptop has 4GB of ram, before I issue the command around 1.5GB of memory is used, when I issue the cp command around 3.7GB of memory is used. And the cp command takes a lot of time to copy.
I am not able to launch other applications(take a lot of time) and even compiz freezes frequently. my laptop has Ubuntu installed on it.
Is this the problem with only my system or it is a common problem with Linux?.
Is there any way to stop any copy command to use all of my memory.
Thanks Venkat
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