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From: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen)
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Message-ID: <Cr2E56.FHw@rex.uokhsc.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 06:03:05 GMT
Reply-To: benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu
References: <2smc4m$daj@Mercury.mcs.com> <WAYNE.94Jun3224657@backbone.uucp> <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <1994Jun6.095836.5606@uk.ac.swan.pyr> <2t0dr6$4c3@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <berndm.770989170@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma
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berndm@cs.monash.edu.au (Bernd U Meyer) writes:

>peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes:

>>You got a C compiler, don't you?

>>So why are you forced to use these inadequate shells?

>Three words: "static libraries" and "quotas". It's really awful not to be 
>root anymore :-(

Actually, I was in a situattion like that a while ago...  I can't remember
my exact solution but I was able to get by with  220KB quota (latter raised
to 1 MB) on home by using /tmp and running some scripts on login...
-- 
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen