[R] memory.limit function not found

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Priscila Darakjian wrote:

> I have installed R 2.2.1 in Solaris 10 and am trying to increase the 
> memory capacity (the system has 16G RAM) to 3 or 4G, but I keep getting:
>
>> memory.limit(size=3000)
> Error: couldn't find function "memory.limit"
>
> Am I missing anything? I do that all the time under Windows.

Yes, you are not using Windows and that is part of R's memory manager on 
Windows.  On Solaris, R uses the system memory manager, and you set limits 
in your shell (via limit or ulimit) before launching R.

If you have a 32-bit build of R, the limit on Solaris is probably 3GB. 
But you should be able to use a 64-bit build with a much larger limit.

One might ask why you installed R 2.2.1 when 2.3.1 is current?

>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Priscila

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