Could I suggest checking the FAQ :)

	http://www.netbsd.org/FAQ/index.html#unlimit

		David/absolute

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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Mike Kelly wrote:

> I was attempting to compile DDD last night when I got a message from the
> compiler stating "virtual memory exhausted".
> 
> I observed that the cc1plus program was taking up 19 MB of memory shortly
> before it gave me the error message.
> 
> I would assume that this is because 20 MB is the per process limit on my
> generic kernel.  Is there an easy way (shell utility) to check what limits
> are set in the kernel?
> 
> Mike
> (:
> 
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