R help - Oct 2014 - RCurl memory leak in getURL method

Hi

It looks like we have hit a bug in RCurl. The method getURL seems to be
leaking memory. A simple test case to reproduce the bug is given here:
>library(RCurl)
>handle<-getCurlHandle()
>range<-1:100
>for (r in range)
{x<-getURL(url="news.google.com.au",curl=handle)}
If I run this code, the memory allocated to the R session is never
recovered.

We are using RCurl for some long running experiments and we are running out
of memory on the test system.

The specs of our test system are as follows:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit)
Memory: 24 GB
RCurl version: 1.95-4.3

Any ideas about how to get around this issue?

Thanks

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>>>>> dotnet sql <dotnetsqltraining at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:50:20 +1100 writes:
    > Hi It looks like we have hit a bug in RCurl. The method
    > getURL seems to be leaking memory. A simple test case to
    > reproduce the bug is given here:

    >> library(RCurl)
    >> handle<-getCurlHandle()
    >> range<-1:100
    >> for (r in range)
{x<-getURL(url="news.google.com.au",curl=handle)}

    > If I run this code, the memory allocated to the R session is never
    > recovered.

    > We are using RCurl for some long running experiments and we are running
out
    > of memory on the test system.

    > The specs of our test system are as follows:
    > OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit)
    > Memory: 24 GB
    > RCurl version: 1.95-4.3

    > Any ideas about how to get around this issue?

What did the maintainer of the RCurl package say when you asked
him?  
Inside R,  use     maintainer("RCurl")
and then e-mail him, a very smart and nice guy.




    > Thanks

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