X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:20:30 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: pty limit set to 100 ? Message-ID: <20070508212030.GA32548@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20070508203926 DOT 93187 DOT qmail AT web27710 DOT mail DOT ukl DOT yahoo DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070508203926.93187.qmail@web27710.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:39:26PM +0100, Bruce Bushby wrote: >Greetings list > >I have searched the mail archives for "pty limit" but >didn't find anything....also a little pushed for time >hence my lack of RTFM or further searching > >I'm running the latest Cygwin on a windows XP lenovo >T60 laptop. I elected to install "everything" and >added >pexpect (expect for python). I have a ksh shell that >calls my pexpect script with an IP address and throws >it into the background. Ideally I'd like to launch >2000 procs, but am hitting a "pty limit" of 100. > >I experience the same pty limit if I use normal >expect, so I assume it's a cygwin "ulimit" of sorts. > >How do I increase the default pty limit of 100 to >3000? Run linux? But seriously, you can't. The pty limit is hard wired at somewhere around 128 or so. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/