[Cialug] Bash memory <?> problem

[Paul Gray]

On 01/12/2012 09:53 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> Trying to extract emails from an archive using a variation on "Simple
> but Perfect" mbox to Maildir converter, .. the script is choking on the
> 3rd message:
>
> # ./extract_email rhart < $(zcat mail_backup-20120101.tar.gz)
> -bash: xrealloc: ../subst.c:4489: cannot reallocate 268435456 bytes (0
> bytes allocated)
>
> Seems to be some sort of memory issue? The system is a Mandrake from
> 2008, .. Perl is 5.8.8.
>
> Anyone have a suggestion on how to isolate the problem?

What does "ulimits -a" show for restrictions?

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