I need to figure out why the memory is being held. Any answers or suggestions are appreciated!

Start with what you know leaks, then start chopping pieces out of it until the leak stops. The last thing you chopped is a likely culprit. If you notice that the leakage decreases, you might have multiple culprits.

In a "normal" script, POD directives are a great way to chop stuff out without really removing it. E.g., 

    =for DEBUGGING
    my @big = ('foo') x 100000000;
    =cut

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removes that line of code, as far as the compiler is concerned.

Since you're using PerlScript, you might need to comment lines out. I don't know if PerlScript can cope with POD.

In reply to Re: Memory Issue by dws
in thread Memory Issue by atticboy1

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