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From: tom arnall <kloro@cox.net>
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Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 23:41:41 -0700
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i am experiencing memory problems trying to run an application that processes 
a file of about .5GB. So far my results are:

(1) set ulimit as follows: 

	core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
	data seg size         (kbytes, -d) unlimited
	file size             (blocks, -f) unlimited
	max locked memory     (kbytes, -l) 256000
	max memory size       (kbytes, -m) 256000
	open files                    (-n) 1024
	pipe size          (512 bytes, -p) 8
	stack size            (kbytes, -s) 8192
	cpu time             (seconds, -t) unlimited
	max user processes            (-u) unlimited
	virtual memory        (kbytes, -v) 768000

This gives me 'out of memory' errors.

(2) set 'virtual memory' very high and the application hogs memory and brings 
the rest of the system to almost a halt.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,

Tom Arnall
north spit, ca