[comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt] filesize limit, another way

lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (STEVE ROSEMAN) (06/02/89)

In article <2641@portia.Stanford.EDU>, karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) writes:
> In article <4474@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen) wrote:
> 
> 
>>Does anyone know how to change the default file size limit in csh?
> Under AIX 2.2.1, each user's filesize limit is controlled by a
> flag in /etc/passwd.  It can be manipulated with the 'adduser'
> command.  ksh recognizes this number; I haven't verified that
> csh has been properly modified.  If not, complain to your system
> engineer.
> 
> 	Chuck Karish		{decwrl,hpda}!mindcrf!karish
> 	(415) 493-7277		karish@forel.stanford.edu
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The easiest way I found (although finding it wasn't easy) is to place
the following 2 lines into /etc/environment.  (The 250000 could be any
big number.  That's just what I have.)

filesize=250000
export filesize

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Steve Roseman
Lehigh University Computing Center
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