[KLUG Programming] Pthreads problem

[Peter Buxton]

On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:57:54AM -0500, Adam Williams was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> > echo 50331648 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
> 
> echo-ing values into proc space is bad form. One should always make
> these changes via sysctl.

sysctl.conf is a useful boot script, and sysctl is a nice overview
shortcut (aside fromn the use of its conf file), but experimenting with
/proc values, which is only going to get more important as time goes by,
is a job for tab-completion and echo.

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