Greetings! gzip 1.3.5 (Scientific Linux release 5.6), when using zless under virtual memory limit, gzip teminates and goes defunc when hitting limit, and then less does not propagate error (from user's perspective it looks like proper end of decompression).
> [test@esb-dev ~]$ ulimit -v 100000 > [test@esb-dev ~]$ ulimit -v > 100000 > $ ps -ef| grep ^test > test 31062 27.4 0.2 99968 37292 pts/5 S+ 16:11 0:15 less > /tmp/pomiary.txt.gz > test 31063 15.8 0.0 0 0 pts/5 Z+ 16:11 0:08 [gzip] > <defunct> and less's output (no sign of error): > 12285443946;13/11/15 10:15:00,000;198591; > 12285443946;13/11/15 10:30:00,000;199028; > 12285443946;13/11/15 10:45:00,000;199223; > 12285443946;13/11/15 11:00:00,000;199342; > 12285443946;13/11/15 11:15:00,000;199395; > 12285443946;13/11/15 11:30:00,000;199420; > 12285443946;13/11/15 11:45:00,000;199443; > 12285443946;13/11/15 12:00:00,000;199769; > /tmp/pomiary.txt.gz lines ?-?/? (END) regards, J. Weglinski
