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From: Davide Cesari (dcesari_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-17 07:37:34


Jess Andreas Michelsen ha scritto:
> Hi everyone!
>
> We are trying to solve an annoying problem, using the Intel Fortran 8.1
> compiler, OpenPBS, and LAM 7.1.1, running in bash shells under Fedora
> Core 2. As every user of Intel 8.1 compilers know, they use vaste
> amounts of stack space. In order to alleviate this, one has to increase
> the allowed stacksize by the stmt: ulimit -s unlimited.
>
> Now, the problem is, that this limit or any other related limit isn't an
> environment variable. When the bash shells on the execution nodes are
> started by lamboot, they do not inherit any limits set in the submit
> shell.
>

I can say that, without PBS, ulimit for bash in user's .bashrc works for the
remote lam processes too (i use it for ulimit -c, in order to create core files,
disabled by default in Fedora), but I can't tell what happens through PBS.
        bye, Davide