Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!onion!riddle!andrew From: andrew@riddle.UUCP (Andrew Beattie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO Xenix "ex" limitations Keywords: SCO,xenix,ex,limitation Message-ID: <796@riddle.UUCP> Date: 8 Aug 88 15:52:22 GMT References: <58@libove.UUCP> Reply-To: andrew@riddle.UUCP (Andrew Beattie) Distribution: comp Organization: Sphinx Ltd., Maidenhead, England Lines: 23 In article <58@libove.UUCP> root@libove.UUCP (The Super User) writes: > >The SCO Xenix 2.2.1 /286 "ex" editor seems to have a low limit on the >maximum file size it can edit. I attempted to edit my pathsfile (about >700K) and it gave me the error "tmp file too large". > >Is there some way around this? Disk space and memory are not problems. Looks like you hit ulimit. This prevents you creating files greater than 1Mb. An ex tmp file can easily be twice as large as the file which you are editing. Try: ulimit 1000000 ex large_file Note that only root can increase ulimit :-( Andrew Beattie Sphinx, 43-53 Moorbrige Road, Maidenhead, England mcvax!ukc!reading!riddle!andrew andrew@sphinx.co.uk +44 62882 2266 #include