# 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
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);
# 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.
# Upon system reboot, all processes will inherit the new large ulimit.