> Noticed this using gupdatedb from Blastwave. [Yes, I filed it there, but > no answer]
no .. we got it. > # gupdatedb > sort: insufficient memory; use -S option to increase allocation > Broken Pipe I ran into this myself a few days ago. > Played a bit with it, but didn't go away. Searched Google, and this was > something way back in Solaris 10. > But nothing actual. > Therefore I made it fail here, in front of my eyes: > > # find . | wc -l > 372245 > # find . | sort | wc -l > sort: insufficient memory; use -S option to increase allocation > 0 yep .. been there .. done that. > # which sort > /usr/bin/sort you can use /usr/xpg4/bin/sort to see the same effect also. > # uname -a > SunOS SolU 5.11 snv_96 i86pc i386 i86pc > # ls -l /usr/bin/sort > -r-xr-xr-x 96 root bin 8148 Aug 9 01:58 /usr/bin/sort out of curiosity .. how much memory do you have in this machine ? Dennis
