I am using the XBase module in a program that runs for long periods of time during which it opens alot of dbase files on a regular basis, usually gathering simple information such as record counts. There appears to be a significant amount of memory being leaked for each open/close operation. Here is an example that highlights the issue: 
use strict;
use XBase;

my $dbname = "dbname.dbf";

while(1) {
        for my $i (1 .. 100) {
                (my $table = new XBase "${dbname}") || die;
                $table->close || die;
        }
        sleep(2);
}

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This quickly racks up the amount of RAM used, even though no operations are being performed on the table leading me to think that there is internal initialization data not being freed when the table is closed. I tried different approaches with different versions, OSes, etc. My question is this: Has anyone else experienced this with the XBase module or anything similiar, is this a memory leak or am I overlooking something obvious? As always I appreciate the input. Thanks,

tigervamp

In reply to Memory Leak with XBase? by tigervamp

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