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From: toma@swsrv1.cirr.com (Tom Armistead)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Max ULIMIT on ESIX
Message-ID: <1991May6.005642.14227@swsrv1.cirr.com>
Date: 6 May 91 00:56:42 GMT
References: <1991May2.104901.1115@rden.gen.nz>
Organization: Software Services: Garland, Tx
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In article <1991May2.104901.1115@rden.gen.nz> rden@rden.gen.nz (Robert den Hartog) writes:
>
>I had a bit of fun creating large files from a cron job, the max file size
>allwed was 3072 blocks.  Ok, check in the kernal config, yup that was it.
>
>Problem is that mtune has the entry:
>> ULIMIT   3072   2048   12288
>and 12288 aint enough either.  Will something break if I go beyond this size?
>
>This is on Esix Rev C.  Rev D soon, so, does rev D fix this?
>How about Esix SVR4?
>-- 
>She bit me, now I'll live forever - Al Bundy, MwC
>
>Hey, have a nice one.   Robert den Hartog. {rden|robert}@{rden|mercury}.gen.nz
>	 ...If it don't work, yell it, I like bang paths, they work.

Nope, it won't break anything, you just have to enlarge the max value in the
mtune file (I have my ULIMIT set at 300000).

Tom
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Tom Armistead - Software Services - 2918 Dukeswood Dr. - Garland, Tx  75040
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