Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!botter!vulet!hans From: hans@let.vu.nl (Hans Varkevisser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: uport problems with large files? Summary: large files under microport Keywords: uport Message-ID: <527@vulet.let.vu.nl.UUCP> Date: 5 Jun 88 10:53:52 GMT References: <1878@netmbx.UUCP> Organization: V.U. Letteren, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Lines: 25 In article <1878@netmbx.UUCP>, felix@netmbx.UUCP (Felix Gaehtgens) writes: > I've had problems when trying to write a file larger than 1.2 Mb to /usr > with uport version 2.3. there was enough space, but he didn't seem to like > files bigger than 1228800 bytes. anybody else had this problems? any solu- > tions? or am i just making a stupid mistake? > > so long, > felix > > {backbone}!pyramid!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!felix > ...unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!felix I have had the same problem, but there is a very easy solution. Just look in the manual by SH(1) there is a command ulimit, you can set the file size with ulimit 10000 = 10000 x 512 or 5 Mb. To use the bigger filesize you must use the SH shell and not the CSH shell. Hans Varkevisser -- Organisation: Free University, Faculty of Literature Amsterdam, the Netherlands Name: Hans Varkevisser (system administrator) hans@let.vu.nl or let.vu.nl!hans