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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How big is BUFSIZ on your system?
Message-ID: <3320@charon.cwi.nl>
Date: 14 Apr 91 01:30:55 GMT
References: <539@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <1396@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> <1991Apr12.164916.12188@snitor.uucp>
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In article <1991Apr12.164916.12188@snitor.uucp> rmc@snitor.UUCP (Russell Crook) writes:
 > It gets worse.  In our environment, we have three BUFSIZ's
 > to contend with: 4096 on our MIPS 2030s, 2048 on the Targon/35s
 > (Pyramid 90x in other clothes), and 1024 on everything else
 > (five other machine/OS types).  I wouldn't be surprised if something like
 > UNICOS uses something even bigger (8192 or even 16384).
Having access to an YMP I cannot let this go.  It is true:
#define	BUFSIZ	(4096*8)
(you do the arithmetic yourself!).
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dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl