SCO Xenix "ex" limitation revisited
Jay M. Libove
root at libove.UUCP
Sun Oct 9 02:44:19 AEST 1988
On SCO Xenix 80286 version 2.2.1 the "ex" editor has a limit on the
maximum filesize it can edit - NOT the system ulimit, not running out
of space on /tmp, simply that "ex" stops reading at a certain point.
The file I was working with is a 14000 line, 450Kbyte file, a list of
all the files on my system.
Yes, I know, I'm crazy for wanting to edit that big a file; yes, I know
I can do the same thing with sed; but yes I also know that this would be
the simplest way for me to do what I want to (edit out certain files so
I get a valid list of files to back up).
Any suggestions on increasing that limit, or information as to why it
imposed at all?
Thanks in advance
--
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