Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!dayton!meccts!meccsd!mecc!herman!det From: det@herman.UUCP (Derek Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: ulimit considered braindamaged ? Message-ID: <166@herman.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 00:23:52 EST Article-I.D.: herman.166 Posted: Fri Jan 2 00:23:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Jan-87 05:36:03 EST References: <790@maynard.BSW.COM> Organization: Unisys Inc.-CSD Eagan,MN Lines: 5 Keywords: ulimit SysV irksome Summary: Unix compile-time constant for ulimit You can change the system-wide default value for ulimit by, assuming of course that you have a source code license, changing a constant in the unix source and simply recompiling. I believe the constant is called MAXWRITE or something like that. If you really want to know the details, get back to me.