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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: ulimit (was: getty/login for callback)
Message-ID: <10065@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 18 Apr 89 13:13:09 GMT
References: <180001@mechp10.UUCP> <13853@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <797@twwells.uucp> <28@wells.UUCP> <399@aucis.UUCP> <501@bilver.UUCP> <19516@genrad.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <19516@genrad.UUCP> jpn@genrad.genrad.COM (John P. Nelson) writes:
>Despite the tone, I really would be happy if someone could demonstrate
>a useful purpose for "ulimit".

It's great for testing whether your application recovers gracefully from
"file system full"-like conditions!