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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Sys 5.3 vi file-size limit?
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.090434.2296@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 14 Jan 91 09:04:34 GMT
References: <447@minya.UUCP>
Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA
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jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:

>This
>isn't a ulimit problem; I've verified that vi (like all the rest
>of my applications) has the largest ulimit that I've convinced
>the system to accept, much large than half a Mbyte.

I'm confused here.  The ulimit basically applies to a particular shell session
and is not attachable to a specific application, like vi.  Perhaps you meant to
say that "I have verified that my ulimit is >>.5MB?"
-- 
Derek "Tigger" Terveer	det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD
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