Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!tolerant.UUCP!uucp From: uucp@tolerant.UUCP (UNIX-UNIX Cp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Submission for comp-unix-microport Message-ID: <8901070908.AA06827@handel.TOLERANT> Date: 7 Jan 89 09:08:12 GMT Sender: uuclerk@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 29 Path: tolerant!voder!apple!claris!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!uport!ken From: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: file size limits Keywords: patch Message-ID: <289@uport.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 89 15:52:54 GMT References: <125@wybbs.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin) Distribution: usa Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA Lines: 16 In article <125@wybbs.UUCP> diekema@wybbs.UUCP (Jon Diekema) writes: >I am running version 2.4 of System V/AT and have noticed the following >behavior of cat: > > I was trying to concatenate 42-100k files togather and cat > complained about an output file error. No matter what I tried, > I couldn't get the output file larger then 1,228,800 bytes. > There must be some limit that I am hitting. Try "patch /unix Ulpatch" as super-user. That will report the current value. To change this value, type "patch /unix Ulpatch 0x???" where ??? is a hex value. This value controls the maximum size file a non-super-user can write. Ken Chapin UUCP: ...!{sun | ucbvax | ihnp4}!amdcad!uport!ken Microport Systems Technical Support