VI: Out of memory saving lines for undo.

[sraj142]

Hi All,
I am facing "Out of memory saving lines for undo." while doind vi on a large file. Follwing is the output of DF

Filesystem 512-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/hd4 8388608 8344208 1% 2045 1% /
/dev/hd2 8388608 4756064 44% 37676 7% /usr
/dev/hd9var 25165824 24280688 4% 782 1% /var
/dev/hd3 8388608 6305384 25% 1624 1% /tmp
/dev/fwdump 786432 785656 1% 4 1% /var/adm/ras/platform
/dev/hd1 8388608 5922624 30% 4013 1% /home
/proc - - - - - /proc
/dev/hd10opt 8388608 6988544 17% 8622 2% /opt
/dev/fslv00 6291456 2877888 55% 576 1% /fixes
/dev/apps_lv 102760448 63195328 39% 17979 1% /apps
/dev/ultradb_lv 415236096 287150688 31% 53 1% /ultradb
/dev/backup_lv 205520896 58519704 72% 33 1% /backup
/dev/logs_lv 39845888 37478936 6% 23 1% /logs


I have tried to see to the another post found in TEK-TIPS, but unfortunately the link is not working. Can anybody help me out please.

Regards - Sraj

 

[bi]

That must be one huge file. The undo buffer for vi is by default /var and your /var filesystem is pretty big with lots of space still left.

If you just want to look at the file, you could try using pg or cat <filename> | more.

If you must edit the file, the only way I know to edit it would be to use split to split the file into manageable pieces, edit the piece you want, and then cat the edited file into a new file. You'd still need a lot of space to do that.

 

[sraj142]

Hi Bi,
Thanks for the advise. But I am having another server with same config. There it is working fine...Any clue ?

Regards - Subharaj

 

[khalidaaa]

Hi sraj,

check whether there is any limit on the user! ulimit!

compare that with the user of the other system.

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

Have a look into this link, there are some good advices to follow:

http://www.dbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-507787.html

Regards,
Khalid

 

[spamly]

I find that vim works well. Identical to vi, but "improved".

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/os/aix/linux/toolbox/download.html