root@libove.UUCP (The Super User) (07/19/88)
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. Thanks -- Jay Libove Internet: libove@cs.cmu.edu libove@andrew.cmu.edu 5313 Ellsworth Avenue formtek!ditka!libove!libove@pt.cs.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15232 UUCP: cmucspt!formtek!ditka!libove!libove (412) 621-9649 cadre!pitt!darth!libove!libove
tif@cpe.UUCP (07/26/88)
Written 10:08 pm Jul 18, 1988 by libove.UUCP!root in cpe:comp.unix.xenix >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". I don't consider a 700K text file to be a "low limit." >Is there some way around this? Disk space and memory are not problems. If God had intended you to edit 700K text files he wouldn't have invented the split command ( :-) The sarcasm was necessary for effect.) Paul Chamberlain Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp. ihnp4!sys1!cpe!tif
mike@ists (Mike Clarkson) (07/31/88)
In article <6800014@cpe>, tif@cpe.UUCP writes: > > If God had intended you to edit 700K text files he wouldn't have invented > the split command ( :-) The sarcasm was necessary for effect.) Then why did He allow Stallman to create Gnu Emacs? > > Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp. I should have known... -- Mike Clarkson mike@ists.UUCP Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science mike@ists.yorku.ca York University, North York, Ontario, uunet!mnetor!yunexus!ists!mike CANADA M3J 1P3 +1 (416) 736-5611
andrew@riddle.UUCP (Andrew Beattie) (08/08/88)
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 <disclaimer.h>
stacy@mcl.UUCP (Stacy L. Millions) (08/21/88)
In article <796@riddle.UUCP>, andrew@riddle.UUCP (Andrew Beattie) writes: > 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 > > 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 In releas 2.2 SCO increased the default ulimit to something silly in the giga byte range. > Note that only root can increase ulimit :-( A default ulimit can be set in the file /etc/defaults/login (I think that is the name, one of the default files any way). The only time I have seen the "tmp file to large" error message is when I have run out of space on the root partition. -stacy -- "He to whom the early bird runs best learns wisdom and patience! ... I can never remember proverbs" - Charlie Brown S. L. Millions ..!uunet!mcl!stacy