20030613: LDM under hpux

Brian,

>Date: 13 Jun 2003 10:07:02 -0400
>From: "Brian S Maher" <address@hidden>
>Organization: National Hurricane Center
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20030610: LDM under hpux

The above message contained the following:

> What's interesting on HPUX, the output to ulimit is shell dependent.

That's interesting.  On our system the limit is shell-independent:

    % uname -srv
    HP-UX B.11.00 E
    % echo $SHELL
    /bin/csh
    % ulimit -a
    time(seconds)        unlimited
    file(blocks)         unlimited
    data(kbytes)         65536
    stack(kbytes)        8192
    memory(kbytes)       unlimited
    coredump(blocks)     4194303
    nofiles(descriptors) 60
    % /bin/sh
    $ ulimit -a
    time(seconds)        unlimited
    file(blocks)         unlimited
    data(kbytes)         65536
    stack(kbytes)        8192
    memory(kbytes)       unlimited
    coredump(blocks)     4194303
    nofiles(descriptors) 60
    $ /opt/gnu/bin/bash
    /opt/ldm: ulimit -a
    core file size (blocks)     2097151
    data seg size (kbytes)      65536
    file size (blocks)          unlimited
    max memory size (kbytes)    unlimited
    open files                  60
    pipe size (512 bytes)       16
    stack size (kbytes)         8192
    cpu time (seconds)          unlimited
    max user processes          76
    virtual memory (kbytes)     unlimited

> HP is sending me instructions on how to make this parm unlimited.

I would very much like to hear what they have to say.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson