Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!john
From: john@unisoft.UUCP (John Sovereign)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: file size
Summary: A/UX file size limit answer
Message-ID: <1190@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 88 18:53:08 GMT
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A/UX inherits support for file size limits from System V,
which provides a ulimit(2) system call that allows a process
to query and set its file size limit (among other things).
The ulimit(2) file size is defined in 512-byte blocks and
may only be increased if you're root.

The default limit in A/UX is equivalent to 8 GB, which exceeds
the size which you may actually create since the file offset is
an unsigned long (32-bits).

Let me know if you ever create a 2 GB file. :->

John Sovereign
UniSoft Corporation
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