[comp.unix.ultrix] ksh - no space error message

cgh018@tijc02.UUCP (Calvin Hayden ) (09/15/89)

Has anyone using ksh seen the following error:

ksh: no space
ksh: no space
ksh: no space
ksh: no space
ksh: no space
...
...
...

This occurs occasionally on a Vax 8600 running SysV Rel2 Ver2 using both
the '85 version of ksh, and the new 11/16/88a version of ksh.
The error will appear, and keep repeating - good chance it is
in a loop huh :-)  I have looked at source, but haven't found it
yet.  The only way to get the user back into operation is to kill
off that copy of ksh.  Anyone seen this, and if so, how'd you
fix it.  Thanks in advance - I'll post if I find it, or the responses
indicate this.  Please email.


Calvin Hayden
Texas Instruments, Johnson City, Tn.    
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root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) (09/15/89)

In article <658@tijc02.UUCP> cgh018@tijc02.UUCP (Calvin Hayden ) writes:
>Has anyone using ksh seen the following error:
>ksh: no space

I have seen this.  As I recall, removing some of my shell functions
and shortening the path variable, Etc. fixed the problem.

Larry Dighera


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frank@croton.dec.com (Frank Wortner) (09/18/89)

In article <658@tijc02.UUCP>, cgh018@tijc02.UUCP (Calvin Hayden ) writes:

> Has anyone using ksh seen the following error:
> 
> ksh: no space

... may or may not have anything to do with the problem ...

Check those "dot" files!  Someone once asked me to figure out why ksh
suddenly seemed to start taking forever to start.  I did an "ls -la"
and found that the ".history" file was 12Meg!  (To this day I have no
idea what caused this.)

Corrupted "dot" files can cause programs to behave in strange ways.

Regards,
					Frank