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From: peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: VM problems w/unlimited memory?
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Date: 16 Mar 93 15:55:23 GMT
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In article Is9@unx.sas.com, sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) writes:
>
> I was following the thread about compiling large arrays and the
>memory limits; so I thought I would try out something.
>
> Since I use the sh (actually bash) there is no limit command; so
>I thought to myself - I'll just run csh; reset the limit and crank
>up a sh...
>
>  Ok, Here's the result:
[deleted]

Using bash, there is the ulimit command. Use "help ulimit" for
more details. This does everything that limit under csh does.

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