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From: doug@letni.LawNet.Com (Doug Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: ulimit (was: getty/login for callback)
Summary: Y.A.U.F.U. (Yet Another Use For Ulimit)
Message-ID: <1964@letni.LawNet.Com>
Date: 18 Apr 89 20:03:41 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> <10065@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: doug@letni.LawNet.Com (Doug Davis)
Organization: LawNet Inc.  Texas R&D Offices
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In article <10065@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>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!
We use it to find out how smart our new hire'ies are, set theirs real low
and see how long it takes for them to figure it out.


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