Subject: Re: How to set the unlimited datasize permanently?
To: Sung N. Cho <sucho2@vt.edu>
From: Chris Wareham <chris.wareham@iosystems.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/21/2002 13:44:59
Sung N. Cho wrote:
> 
> I have been using Lyx to prepare a paper but unfortunately, after some 
> 68 pages of equations, it kept on crashing!  Fortunately, I've found out 
> that the datasize Lyx was generating was bigger than the default 
> datasize limit imposed on NetBSD.  At the moment, I'm setting unlimited 
> datasize in console and open the Lyx.  My question is, is there anyway I 
> can permanently set datasize to unlimited one?  It's a little annoying 
> to type "unlimit datasize" in console and open lyx everytime!  I would 
> rather have this set from the boot time or when the computer boots into 
> NetBSD OS.  Thank you.
> 

Try adding your unlimit line to the system wide csh login file found in
/etc/csh.login. For sh, add a ulimit line in /etc/profile.

Chris
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