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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
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Subject: Re: ulimit's (was "Re: Another Annoying Microport Inquiry")
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Date: Sat, 3-Oct-87 21:11:57 EDT
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In article <926@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> campbell@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Mark Campbell) writes:
>The default "ulimit" should be set using the default number of processes and the
>default amount of swap space.

This is totally irrelevant!  The file size ulimit causes truncation of
one's file when writing past the ulimit.  It has nothing to do with
process size!