#!/bin/sh # # ulimit.hack: Create an intermediate program for use in # between kernel initialization and init startup. # This is needed on a 3b system if the standard CDLIMIT is # so small that the dumped Emacs file cannot be written. # This program causes everyone to get a bigger CDLIMIT value # so that the dumped Emacs can be written out. # # Users of V.3.1 and later should not use this; see etc/MACHINES # and reconfig your kernel's CDLIMIT parameter instead. # # Caveat: Heaven help you if you screw this up. This puts # a new program in as /etc/init, which then execs the real init. # cat > ulimit.init.c << \EOF main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { ulimit(2, 262144L); /* "2" is the "set" command. */ /* 262,144 allows for 128Mb files to be written. */ /* If that value isn't suitable, roll your own. */ execv("/etc/real.init", argv); } EOF # # Compile it and put it in place of the usual init program. # cc ulimit.init.c -o ulimit.init mv /etc/init /etc/real.init mv ulimit.init /etc/ulimit.init ln /etc/ulimit.init /etc/init mv ulimit.init.c /etc/ulimit.init.c # to keep src for this hack nearby. chmod 0754 /etc/init exit 0 # # Upon system reboot, all processes will inherit the new large ulimit. # Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, 2006 # Free Software Foundation, Inc. # COPYING PERMISSIONS: # # This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA # arch-tag: 6f9a7072-9d07-4431-b0bb-e867648ad0b4