# R: Report on Memory Allocation

memory.size {utils} | R Documentation

## Report on Memory Allocation

### Description

`memory.size` and `memory.limit` are used to manage the total memory allocation on Windows. On other platforms these are stubs which report infinity with a warning.

### Usage

    memory.size(max = FALSE)

    memory.limit(size = NA)

### Arguments

`max` | logical. If true the maximum amount of memory obtained from the OS is reported, otherwise the amount currently in use.
`size` | numeric. If `NA` report the memory size, otherwise request a new limit, in Mb.

### Details

To restrict memory usage on a Unix-alike use the facilities of the shell used to launch R, e.g. `limit` or `ulimit`.

### Value

Size in bytes: always `Inf`.

### See Also

Memory-limits for other limits.

[Package utils version 2.6.0 Index]