Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!killer!jfh From: jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Max # of processes. Message-ID: <1135@killer.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 19:08:05 EDT Article-I.D.: killer.1135 Posted: Tue Jul 14 19:08:05 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jul-87 06:45:30 EDT References: <845@zyx.UUCP> <5740011@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Organization: The Unix(tm) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 12 Summary: Try using crash(1) In article <5740011@hpfcdc.HP.COM>, rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk) writes: > > How can the maximum number of processes in a Unix system be determined? > > Unfortunately there is currently no portable way to do this. > i don't know. most of the newer unix systems come with crash(1) and generally it works. now, if crash is broken, then what you say is true ... - john disclaimer: no disclaimer.