Maximum env space

[gaylel]

Does anyone know how large the maximum environment space is and/or if it can be changed. Our application utilizes many environment variables and I was wondering if there was a limit or how to control the limit.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[Guest_imported]

maybe you can expand your question more. are you referring to your PV, memory, etc?

re PVs - you can increase your FS,LVs,PS, etc.

re memory - use vmtune, vmstat, iostat, topas, etc.

'just a thought.

 

[gaylel]

I am referring to the limit of environment variables. Is there a limit to how many you can have and/or the amount of space that is required for their values.

i.e.
export VAR="varvalue"

env

 

[bi]

I think the question is which environment variable are you talking about? There are loads of items that could be called variables. ARe you talking about number of processes per user? Number of files per user? Size of files?

 

[gaylel]

No, I am talking about the number of environment variables that you can set in any given shell and/or the maximum size of the variable values that can be set in any given shell.