From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: dired-do-shell-command munches all memory Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 05:37:05 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <874qyk4tmm.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065585083 23051 80.91.224.253 (8 Oct 2003 03:51:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 03:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 05:51:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A75MA-0004xS-00 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 05:51:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A75Lu-000281-9H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A75Ls-00025U-4w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:51:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A75LL-0001o2-8n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:51:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.246.28.87] (helo=tx.symonds.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1A75LL-0001k0-0F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:50:31 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-76-67.2-4.pl.apol.com.tw ([218.187.76.67] helo=jidanni.org) by tx.symonds.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.21) id 1A75LF-0002Q3-ED for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:50:26 -0400 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1A6zVx-0000sD-9j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 05:37:05 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5934 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5934 Want to see emacs eat all the memory, on the machine and have to be killed? Complete with with real grinding noises. $ touch a $ minizip x a creating x.zip $ minizip x a The file x.zip exist. Overwrite ? [y]es, [n]o : n Then in emacs, do (dired-do-shell-command "minizip x" nil (quote ("a"))) emacs apparently loops on the above question. Emacs version is in my headers. $ apt-cache show zlib-bin Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib-bin_1.1.4-14_i386.deb Description: compression library - sample programs Some generally useful sample programs from the contrib directory. Includes a "mini" implementation of `zip' and `unzip' called `minizip' and `miniunzip' respectively.