Sorry - I *was* using Windows. Rebooted in Linux and ran R -d gdb subsequently found and fixed problem in less than 5 minutes (runaway pointer). Lesson learned. Thanks, Jared -----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Huber [mailto:huber@ebi.ac.uk] Sent: Tue 5/3/2005 6:54 PM To: Prof Brian Ripley Cc: O'Connell, Jared (CMIS, Floreat); r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [Rd] memory problem
Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
If you run R under a debugger such as gdb you will get much more useful
information. You haven't even told us your OS: for UNIX-alikes using
R -d gdb
is the most common way.
And R -d ddd (set the option "Run in separate execution window" before starting R) offers a nice GUI for the debugger. Obviously, you need to have installed ddd: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/ Best regards Wolfgang ------------------------------------- Wolfgang Huber European Bioinformatics Institute European Molecular Biology Laboratory Cambridge CB10 1SD England Phone: +44 1223 494642 Fax: +44 1223 494486 Http: www.ebi.ac.uk/huber