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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: vi "TMP file too large" error
Keywords: vi memory
Message-ID: <6223@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 22:02:31 GMT
References: <jsrobins.667129377@galaxy.afit.af.mil> <1991Feb21.183218.8617@convex.com>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>Thank AT&T.  Their vi, or at least some of its incarnations, has a
>filesize limit.  Get the real vi from BSD

Umm, the BSD "vi", or at least some of its incarnations, has a filesize
limit, too; I think the problem is that AT&T didn't bother turning
VMUNIX on when building "vi" in S5, while Berkeley did turn it on when
building "vi" (well, "ex") in BSD.