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Fixing mac os yosemite issue "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable"
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fixup.txt
# see the current limits
$ sysctl -a | grep maxproc
# increase it
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxproc=xxxx
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxprocperuid=xxx
# run at startup
$ sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
kern.maxproc=xxxx
kern.maxprocperuid=xxxx
$ sudo launchctl limit
$ sudo launchctl limit maxproc <maxprocperuid> <maxproc>
$ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 512 unlimited
# run at startup
$ sudo vim /etc/launchd.conf
limit maxproc <maxprocperuid> <maxproc>
limit maxfiles 512 unlimited
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