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Re: NSImage and F_NOCACHE
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Re: NSImage and F_NOCACHE


  • Subject: Re: NSImage and F_NOCACHE
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:38:46 -0700
  • Thread-topic: NSImage and F_NOCACHE

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:48:13 -0400, Alexander Cohen
<email@hidden> said:
>Hi,
>
>Im using F_NOCACHE with fcntl just before loading the file up as an
>NSImage so the data does not get cached and memory stays down. Im
>doing this because im converting thousands of images ( eps, tif, psd,
>pdf, anything... ). Thing is, memory never comes down. I though it
>might be a memory leak or something so i brought the code down to this:
>
>
>int err = 0;
>int fd = open( [self cString], O_RDWR );
>err = fcntl(fd, F_NOCACHE, 1);
>NSImage* img = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:self];
>[img release];
>img = nil;

That's sort of like filling your car with gas and then driving away in a
*different* car and then being surprised that it runs out of gas right away.
Try it like this:

NSFileHandle* fh = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:myFile];
int fd = [fh fileDescriptor];
fcntl(fd, F_NOCACHE, 1);
fcntl(fd, F_RDAHEAD, 1);
NSData* pictureData = [fh readDataToEndOfFile];
[fh closeFile];

Now you've got the picture data and can make an NSImage out of it.

m.

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