From: brad tilley Date: 2006-04-08T04:52:33+09:00 Subject: error when recursively doing hash digests I get the following error sometimes: ruby(11294) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=20484096) failed (error code=3) ruby(11294) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region ruby(11294) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug When doing this recursively on many files: begin File.open(file, 'rb') do |io| buf = "" calc = Digest::const_get(algorithm.upcase).new while io.read(20_480_000, buf) calc.update(buf) end info = calc.to_s + " " + file puts info end rescue end ruby 1.9.0 (2006-04-06) [powerpc-darwin8.6.0] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.