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From: mort@dhump.lakesys.COM (Mort d`Hump)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Compress problem
Keywords: compress error file too large
Message-ID: <494@dhump.lakesys.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 90 15:00:10 GMT
References: <493@dhump.lakesys.COM>
Reply-To: mort@dhump.UUCP (Mort d`Hump)
Organization: Nubeat Communications, Milwaukee, WI
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In article <493@dhump.lakesys.COM> I wrote:
>I am having trouble using compress to de-compress large .Z files.
>
>The operation terminates with a "File too large" error.

	Thanks to all those who replied, the trouble was with the
	system ulimit. As root I bumped the ulimit with "ulimit 8000".
	All worked as expected.

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			Marty Wiedmeyer
			mort@dhump.lakesys.COM
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