bash-2.05# sysctl -w kern.maxproc=400

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Petter Lindquist wrote:

> > > increase maxproc
> > >
> > > ("limit maxproc 400" or so in tcsh.. don't know about bash)
> >
> > I'm sorry. But, is this a environmental variable? I didn't understand this
> > "limit maxproc 400" command.
>
> try tcsh and enter limit...
>
> pollen@sorkbo% limit
> cputime         unlimited
> filesize        unlimited
> datasize        131072 kbytes
> stacksize       2048 kbytes
> coredumpsize    unlimited
> memoryuse       505552 kbytes
> descriptors     64
> memorylocked    168517 kbytes
> maxproc         500
>
> don't know about that one in bash.