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From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton)
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Subject: Re: UNIX limits (was Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>)
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Date: 27 Mar 91 17:06:00 GMT
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ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

>In article <1991Mar26.153602.276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu
>(Steve Dorner) challenges:

>"...name one way you have to watch resource usage under UNIX that wouldn't
>ALSO apply to the Macintosh."

>How about this: no more than 20 files open per process under UNIX
>(hard-coded limit, not configurable)? Versus the configurable systemwide
>number on the Mac (default 40).

That's odd - I can configure it under A/UX...

>Has this limit been lifted or loosened up in current versions of UNIX?

>Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
>Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
>University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
>Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00
>Those who make remarks about expanded and extended memory under DOS
>should remember that the idea of using a device driver to access
>memory originated with UNIX.
--
Jon Hamilton
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