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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,demon.ip.support.unix
Subject: Re: tin says out of memory
Date: 11 Aug 1993 19:05:04 +0930
Organization: cleese.apana.org.au public access UNIX
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References: <CAnCpz.E30@demon.co.uk> <CB8wzB.EFI@demon.co.uk> <23pfv1$gc@azrael.demon.co.uk>
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In article <23pfv1$gc@azrael.demon.co.uk> blade@azrael.demon.co.uk (Ji Kim) writes:
>or alternatively use a C proggie to set the limit using setrlimit,eg.
>
>#include <sys/time.h>
>#include <sys/resource.h>
>
>main()
>{
>
> struct rlimit tmp;
>
> tmp.rlim_cur=RLIM_INFINITY;
> tmp_rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY;
>
> setrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA,&tmp);
>
>}
>
>
>Hope this helps,
That won't actually work -- The effects of setrlimit() would disappear
as soon as main() exited.
setrlimit() affects the current process and all of its children. Executing
setrlimit() then exiting the program is analogous to executing chdir()
then bailing out; it just doesn't work.
- mark
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