Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!rutgers!husc6!cfa!wyatt From: wyatt@cfa.harvard.EDU (Bill Wyatt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Re: ulimit considered braindamaged ? Message-ID: <354@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 10:28:02 EST Article-I.D.: cfa.354 Posted: Wed Jan 7 10:28:02 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 21:54:53 EST References: <11012@sun.uucp> Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics Lines: 12 Just to add my two cents: I have only used bsd/Ultrix systems, and never realized this file size limitation existed in Sys5. It may have seemed reasonable at one time, but in my applications (astronomical image processing), it would be FATAL. A typical data file for me is 1/2 Mbyte, many are from 1 to 8 Mbytes. Some people in my group have 128 Mbyte files, and these are by no means the largest I know of. -- Bill UUCP: {seismo|ihnp4}!harvard!talcott!cfa!wyatt Wyatt ARPA: wyatt@cfa.harvard.edu (or) wyatt%cfa.UUCP@harvard.harvard.edu BITNET: wyatt@cfa2