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Re: posix shell question
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:39:23 -0700
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Joe Weisman wrote:
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> Sometimes when I do "xeq sh.hpbin.sys -L", when it is executing the file
> /etc/profile I get a message "resource busy, try again later".  I also get
> this message in error_log sometimes when the APACHE browser tries to fire
> up a CGI program (c-language, in MPE space) and sometimes when I get the
> shell up and it does get through the /etc/profile file I can still get the
> "resource busy..." message.  What resource can this be?

The most likely cause is insufficient contiguous free disk space which results
in fork() failures.

The fix is to defragment your free disk space, either by using :VOLUTIL
CONTIGVOL, or a third-party product like the ones from Bradmark or Lund.
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