From: Lars Haugseth <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2012-09-05T23:21:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Long calculation & time limit

On 09/05/2012 02:50 PM, toto tartemolle wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I'm using ruby & geany to code and my OS is ubuntu 12.04 (i'll check
> that when i'm home).
>
> Loops within the program are controlled with iteration caps, and i am
> pretty sure that what's taking so long is the access to a very big CSV
> file (3 millions and something lines) therefore it's a single CSV.open
> command, which is kinda hard to break down imho.
>
> The error (137 or 37 i'll double check)is returned by the terminal
> opened by executing the script, the internetz told me it's a time
> limitation thing and I don't  know if it's a ruby limitation or  linux's
> and I don't know how to know :)

An exit code of 137 means the program was shut down by a KILL signal, 
which can happen if you run out of memory, for instance. Try looking in 
/var/log/messages for information about what caused your script to be 
terminated.

-- 
Lars Haugseth