5.0.14 - freechain?

Barry Wiseman bwiseman at optonline.net
Wed Sep 30 12:01:40 PDT 2020


 From a 2010 post to this list by Ken:

You could start by setting "PFBLDFREE=ON".  This will tell you the filename
and record number being accessed, and the reason filePro needs to rebuild
the freechain.  (eg: freechain points to a used record.)



On 9/30/2020 9:11 AM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> We've started seeing the freechain command popping up in atop and top
> for a specific filePro file.  It runs at 100% of a CPU core worth of
> usage for multiple seconds, then exits.  It's doing this regularly.
>
> What is likely causing it to run, and how do we rectify whatever is
> going on?  We've not really seen this before a day ago, and we have been
> monitoring this system for ages.
>
> Thanks!
>
> mark->



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