Re: limit memory available to octave?

[Michael Creel]

Yes, that works, thanks. Typing "ulimit -a" reveals the options, and then I 
can limit memory using
ulimit -m XXXX (max memory in kb)
ulimit -v XXXX (max virtual memory in kb)

Regards, Michael

On Friday 26 March 2004 03:53, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 25-Mar-2004, Michael Creel <address@hidden> wrote:
> | I'm trying to test some code that is designed to deal with memory
> | limitations. Is it possible to call octave with a memory limitation below
> | that of available RAM?
>
> What about using resource limits (either ulimit from the shell or
> setrlimit from C) in the parent process that invokes Octave?  Would
> that work for you?
>
> jwe
>
>
>
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