Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aix:2594 comp.unix.large:177 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!turnkey!orchard.la.locus.com!fafnir.la.locus.com!fafnir.la.locus.com!richard From: richard@locus.com (Richard M. Mathews) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.large Subject: Re: Files > 4MB Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 04:42:54 GMT References: <1008@intelisc.isc.intel.com> <1990Nov9.170337.9484@onion.pdx.com> <1990Nov10.190318.18938@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California Lines: 20 cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes: >Now this would be really funny. All versions of AIX I had the lack of >pleasure of having to use so far had quite the opposite problem: > No files larger that 4 MBytes (The referenced message had "Followup-To: comp.unix.aix", but it would be unfair for this incorrect claim to go uncorrected in comp.unix.large) AIX (at least the versions with with I am familiar) has a default ulimit of 4 MB. This can be changed on a per system, per user, or per process basis (but, of course, only a root process can increase its limit). Ulimit goes way, way back in the history of Unix and is not specific to AIX. Richard M. Mathews Freedom for Lithuania Locus Computing Corporation Laisve! richard@locus.com lcc!richard@seas.ucla.edu ...!{uunet|ucla-se|turnkey}!lcc!richard