Environment issues - Corporate life

Tomorrow there is a corporate function to celebrate environment day. I am working in a company which has taken initiative in environmental issues. In software firms, may be these kinds of initiatives are very easy since it is just using human brain and electrical power. The environmental issues facing by a manufacturing firm may be thousand fold. So it may be a cake walk for a software firm to get into a prime spot of a race. While I am writing these lines, one of the channel telecasting breaking news about Athirampilly project. I am not sure where will stand corporate world in this issue. In tomorrow’s function one of the honourable ministers is taking part. I believe silence is a way of giving consent to be as it is. At same time I am compelled to write the statement of U.P Jayaraj, late short story writer of Malayalam ‘By sitting under thousand volt bulbs it is not acceptable to reject new hydro electrical projects to provide electricity to villages’. But I cannot accept any intention to destroy this pure nature, water falls, aborigines..

My Father-2

When I was studying in seventh standard I searched inside the shelf of my father. I was able to find out lots of old stamps and old coins. Coins are covered with patina. I rubbed the coins in sand with acidic ‘chemmeenpuli’ to clean it properly. So I was very proud among my classmates with a sound collection of stamps and coins

Grand Parents

I was not lucky to see my grand fathers. My Father’s father passed away when my father was a child. Mother’s father passed away before she got married. Really I didn’t even see any of their pictures also. But I was lucky to live with both of my grand mothers. But now I don’t able to remember their voice. But it is pretty visible their look in my mind, like a carved picture. But I would like to hear their voice. We have the culture to keep old ones pictures, but what about their voice. I definitely believe it is not a bagatelle. We have to keep the living memories of our old forefathers. I do remember some of very peculiar words used by my grandmother. I didn’t even hear those sounds later.

My Father-1

My father is a raconteur. He used to tells me the stories of Prophet Jonah and Thobith. Thobith is a story of a father and son. But I really confused why he selects these two stories regularly. There are thousands of stories in Bible. Even now I didn’t get the reason or the driving force to tempt him to tell the same stories several times to me. But one thing I am sure I don’t exactly remember what all other stories he had told to me . When I grown I identified both stories are related to the same people from Nineveh. And also in Jonah’s story the fish swallowed the prophet. In Thobith’s story he captured the fish which came to shore to swallow him. What it really means? Is it the reason my father had selected these stories?

I love this nature!!

I love this nature, may be its greenery, sometimes its rocks and sands, sea, forest and trees. I was not lucky to be born in the cradle of nature as an aborigine. To hear the songs of birds, to enjoy the rhythm of waterfall, to fear the forest fire, to lie inside the caves and hear the songs of insects, to hunt animals to eat, to cut a tree to make a shelter, to walk through the sand in bare foot. My fellow beings tell I am a cultured human being. I have the power to kill animals, to destroy the shelter of birds, to cut tree to make big churches, temples and houses. My forefathers pray to trees before cutting its twigs. They were cultivating inside the forest land.

My Memories

What is my oldest memory? I was walking under the table and talking to my neighbour Thoman (His real name is Thomas). I was too short even to walk under table!! I planted a small areca nut tree 3 to 4 times at different places in the farm land on the same day. I was crying when my elder father and mother sold my goats to butcher. I was lying on the ‘varandha’ and watching the flowing river, flying birds, and loaded boats from Market. Sometimes I fought with Bokko( Bosco) without any reason. Bokko is my first friend in my life, I love him a lot. I was jealous of him allowed to bath in river when I was not.

I was a dark short boy, doesn’t have any charm. The boys around my home were calling me ‘UNDANPORI’. I do remember one young guy, the people around us were calling him ‘CHAKKANDI’. We fought in between regularly; at last I was not able to control my emotions and broke down. Then all around us would laugh and I went back to home. If something wrong happened I didn’t come out of home sometime. I would get inside the shell to overcome that.

I am writing my memories are not to get into a writer’s cap. Not because I have extraordinary experiences to tell to all. My intention is to write something in English as a self learning process. Thanks to INTERNET and BLOGS to give me an opportunity to publish it.

"Argument list too long": Beyond Arguments and Limitations

Please refer original at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6060

Method #4: Recompile the Linux kernel. **
This last method requires a word of caution, as it is by far the most aggressive solution to the problem. It is presented here for the sake of thoroughness, since it is a valid method of getting around the problem. However, please be advised that due to the advanced nature of the solution, only experienced Linux users should attempt this hack. In addition, make sure to thoroughly test the final result in your environment before implementing it permanently.
One of the advantages of using an open-source kernel is that you are able to examine exactly what it is configured to do and modify its parameters to suit the individual needs of your system. Method #4 involves manually increasing the number of pages that are allocated within the kernel for command-line arguments. If you look at the include/linux/binfmts.h file, you will find the following near the top:/*
* MAX_ARG_PAGES defines the number of pages allocated for arguments
* and envelope for the new program. 32 should suffice, this gives
* a maximum env+arg of 128kB w/4KB pages!
*/
#define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32
In order to increase the amount of memory dedicated to the command-line arguments, you simply need to provide the MAX_ARG_PAGES value with a higher number. Once this edit is saved, simply recompile, install and reboot into the new kernel as you would do normally.
On my own test system I managed to solve all my problems by raising this value to 64. After extensive testing, I have not experienced a single problem since the switch. This is entirely expected since even with MAX_ARG_PAGES set to 64, the longest possible command line I could produce would only occupy 256KB of system memory--not very much by today's system hardware standards.
The advantages of Method #4 are clear. You are now able to simply run the command as you would normally, and it completes successfully. The disadvantages are equally clear. If you raise the amount of memory available to the command line beyond the amount of available system memory, you can create a D.O.S. attack on your own system and cause it to crash. On multiuser systems in particular, even a small increase can have a significant impact because every user is then allocated the additional memory. Therefore always test extensively in your own environment, as this is the safest way to determine if Method #4 is a viable option for you.
Conclusion
While writing this article, I came across many explanations for the "Argument list too long" error. Since the error message starts with "bash:", many people placed the blame on the bash shell. Similarly, seeing the application name included in the error caused a few people to blame the application itself. Instead, as I hope to have conclusively demonstrated in Method #4, the kernel itself is to "blame" for the limitation. In spite of the enthusiastic endorsement given by the original binfmts.h author, many of us have since found that 128KB of dedicated memory for the command line is simply not enough. Hopefully, by using one of the methods above, we can all forget about this one and get back to work.