[Eeglablist] Memory and MATLAB "pack" command

[Andreas Romeyke]

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Hi Tommaso,

Tommaso Fadini wrote:
> I would like to ask if someone knows if it is possible to use the 
> "pack" command (or some other one while running EEGLAB) with EEGLAB 
> 6.01b to write the loaded file to disk under linux (http://
> www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1100/1106.html).
The 'pack' command is only useful to reorganize fragmented memory.
AFAIK it is nothing such as a garbage collector.
> Using Matlab, the swap space under linux is managed automatically or 
> there is a way to handle it?

Matlab uses all system memory, this includes swap space. There exists
variables under /sys/ to control the swap behaviour of linux kernels
(AFAIK bdflush).

I think the workaround should be to split your files in early stage of
processing and to use batch scripts if possible. The best solution is
to increase your systems memory.

Bye Andreas

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