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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: process limit
Date: 2 Aug 1995 11:04:17 +0200
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Turlough FitzPatrick <turlough@odyssey.ucc.ie> wrote:
>How can i remove the limit on the nmber of processes
>allowed to run at any one time. Is this advisable to do?
>Just increasing the limit may be enough.
The `limit' command from the C-Shell can do this. It's impossible to
totally unrestrict it (even if you say ``limit maxproc unlimited''),
and keep in mind that the new limit is valid for the current shell and
all its children only.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)