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From: waldi@moacs.indiv.nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to increase # of processes???
Date: 22 Mar 1996 16:51:52 +0100
Organization: Private Site, Baarn
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David Pfeiffer <dpfeiffe@inav.net> wrote:
>
> How do I increase the number of processes a user can have open at
> any given time? Any/all replies welcome.
With ulimit. For example "ulimit -p $(( $(ulimit -p) * 2 ))" to double
the maximum number allowed. There may be a hard limit, however; run
"ulimit -Hp" to find out what it is. Ulimit is an sh builtin, it's
called limit in the csh shell ("limit maxproc" "limit -h maxproc").
Regards,
Waldi
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