Can't remove variables from memory

[systema]

Hi everybody, I have a problem when trying removing arrays and variables using RELEASE ALL command. I show what I do:

LIST MEMORY TO c:\temp\1.txt
RELEASE ALL LIKE ar_*
RELEASE ALL LIKE ob_*
RELEASE ALL LIKE old_*
LIST MEMORY TO c:\temp\2.txt

After these, 1.TXT and 2.TXT are identical, and all the arrays beginning with AR_ and variables beginning with OB_ & OLD_ are still in memory...

I run FoxPro 2.6a on WinNT machine.

 

[Scott24x7]

Systema,
I *may* be wrong about this (or at least in my reason why, but not in the practice of), but try issuing a specific &quot;RELEASE ARRAY <arrayname>&quot;, which, I believe will still take the wild card. (So you could issue RELEASE ARRAY LIKE AR_*)
I'm not certain as to why your memory variables are not releasing, however. That sounds a bit odd to me. I'm running 2.6a on an XP machine, which should have a very similar architecture to WinNT, and do not have this problem in FPW.

Best Regards,
Scott

Please let me know if this has helped

 

[systema]

Scott,
I could remove variables from memory only releasing them one at time with RELEASE <varname>,<varname>,<varname> and not using the LIKE clausole.
Thanks anyway...

 

[dstema]

Pay attention to this:
rele all like ar_*
and
rele like ar_*

Be sure you're using the first one.