Unix 5.4 and ulimit

[Bruce D. Becker]

In article <dcm.672428949 at baldur> dcm at baldur.dell.com (Dave McCracken) writes:
|scotte at applix.com (Scott Evernden) writes:
|
|>In article <1991Apr21.140740.6766 at gold.sub.org> root at gold.sub.org (Christian Seyb) writes:
|>>Hello,
|>>
|>>I am using Unix 5.4 (4.0.2) and have a problem with ulimit.
|
|>Upping your ulimit is described in the FAQ for this group.  I quote: "
|>    1. If your desired limit is > 12288(6MB):
|>        Edit /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune to change the following line:
|>            ULIMIT          3072    2048    12288
|>        to:
|>            ULIMIT          3072    2048    xxxxx
|> etc.
|
|Unfortunately, this is no longer accurate for Unix 5.4 (SVR4).
|The files that need to be changed are still valid
|(/etc/conf/cf.d/?(mtune|stune)), but the value that controls

	Where will one find these files in the
	System V release 4 version for the Amiga?

|file size limit (nee ULIMIT) has changed.  As of SVR4, the complete
|BSD-style resource limit capability has been implemented.  To
|change what is commonly considered ULIMIT, you need to change
|the entries SFSZLIM (for soft limit) and HFSZLIM (for hard limit).
|They are close to the bottom of the mtune file, along with some 
|comments (!!) that describe what they are.  These limits are in
|bytes, rather than blocks, and a value of 0 is no longer used
|to mean unlimited.  Unlimited is now MAXINT.
|
|Note that the ULIMIT entry in /etc/default login should still
|work, and the shells still understand the ulimit command.  For
|a quick peek at the new features, to a "ulimit -A" to ksh.
|Unfortunately, the values are printed in blocks for compatibility,
|so be prepared for some confusion.

	That seems to be "ulimit -a" here...


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