Subject: Re: Unlimit ?
To: RiscBSD <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/16/1997 19:03:00
Thomas Boroske wrote:
> The answer to Q 7.6 in the FAQ ("I have plenty of memory, but gcc complains about "virtual memory exhausted" when it tries to compile a large source file.")
> says you can use 
> "limit datasize unlimited"
> or 
> "unlimit" 
> to remove the kernel's limits. 
> 
> Now I've had problems with xv complaining about "not enough memory to ...", 
> and I thought this may be related.
> However, the limit command seems to be missing, as well as "unlimit".
> Did I miss a set, or is this a built-in, or what ?

It works for csh. What shell are you using?

Patrick