Increasing Maximum File Size

hcsjgh%ots.UUCP at rice.EDU hcsjgh%ots.UUCP at rice.EDU
Sat Jan 24 14:28:23 AEST 1987



>>"Wayne T. Steinmetz" <wayne at cylixd.uucp>
>>We are running SysV.2 on a VAX 11/785.  Due to some database file
>>growth, the default maximum file size of 1048576 bytes will soon
>>be reached.
>>I would like to increase this limit.

Recompile unix with:
/* /usr/include/sys/param.h */
#define	CDLIMIT	(1L<<13)	/* default max write address */

This will up it to 8192 blocks. Is that enough?


Greg Hackney
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hcsjgh!tness1%ots.UUCP at rice.edu

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