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Re: How to make large array

Subject: Re: How to make large array
From: Craig Markwardt <craigmnet(at)cow.physics.wisc.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 2001 16:53:18 -0600
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renjie <renjie.he@uth.tmc.edu> writes:

> I tried to make large array, however, in Windows,
> the largest I can made is 256MB, and in Unix is 1 GB,
> it's supposed that the limitation is 2GB, do you have any
> idea about the largest array in IDL?

I have no idea about Windows.  Sometimes you encounter artificial
limits under Unix because of your process limits are set to low.  Use
"limit datasize unlimited" before running IDL under tcsh.  Use the
"ulimit" command under sh.

Craig


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