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Article #1038Re: ulimit
From: Chris Torek
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 15:15
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 15:15
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The mistake is not the existence of ulimit (although there are those who would argue this as well). The mistake is that the default limit is set to such a tiny value. If the default limit were, say, 100 exabytes,% it would not be such a problem. The default file size limit should be `unlimited'; sysadmins should be able to raise and lower it, and users should be able to lower it. ----- % This is not `100 8mm tape drives': `exa' is a metric unit. If I have not got them backwards, the order is kilo, mega, giga, tera, peta, exa. (In the other direction we have milli, micro, nano, pico, femto, atto. These are abbreviated as k/M/G/T/P/E and m/u/n/p/f/a respectively. And `b' is bits; `B' is bytes; `mb' is millibits. But I see my footnote has digressed.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: ulimit Message-ID: <17042@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 21 Apr 89 15:15:39 GMT References: <180001@mechp10.UUCP> <13853@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <797@twwells.uucp> <1034@quintus.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 18