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From: zdenko@katzo.rice.edu (zdenko tomasic)
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Subject: Re: huge memory allocation
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Date: 10 Mar 91 21:25:57 GMT
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In article <23999@hydra.gatech.EDU> scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) writes:
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>Well, I don't know if setting them in the limits file does any good (I have
>not tried), but adjusting memory limits with the ulimit command does
>have an effect (ulimit -d). I have not tried many of the other limits, but
>the only one I know is not enforced is CPU time.
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't know about system calls, but I had definite experience that if my
job took more than the allowed [ck]shell maximum (1 hour default), it got killed.
I think  the kill may not have been immediate (up to a couple of minutes), but
it never got more than 20 min over the limit.

>
>- Scott
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