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SubjectRe: Operating system limits
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Kenneth Stephen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me (or at least point me to the docs that
> answer my questions) what the current system limits are for Linux? Some of
> the limits I had in mind are (1) Memory (2) Max. number of processes (3)
> Max. number of userids (4) Largest filesystem size (5) Largest disk it can
> handle (runtime and / or boot time).
>
> I need this information to put in a FAQ.

read the man page on your particular choice of shell, i.e. bash, tcsh, etc.

most of these are covered there. read /usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h
for others.

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