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From: lied@cbnewsc.att.com (Bob Lied)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: vi file size limit?
Summary: virtual memory defines
Message-ID: <1990Oct8.162200.21222@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 8 Oct 90 16:22:00 GMT
References: <6126@plains.NoDak.edu> <194@camco.Celestial.COM>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <194@camco.Celestial.COM>, bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
> In article <6126@plains.NoDak.edu> bfoushe@plains.NoDak.edu (Bill Foushee) writes:
> :I'm trying to find out the definitive answer to... Is there a size
> :limit for a file that can be edited using vi?

It depends on the version and how it was compiled.  A peek at our
sources shows a #define for VMUNIX that will take advantage of
virtual memory and let you edit files as large as you can stand
the start-up time.  If your version tops out around 200K, see
if you can get it recompiled.  I know this to be true for SV system
on VAX, 3B1, and Amdahl.  Our vi version is 3.9.