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diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1230b3a --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" prlimit.1 -- +.\" Copyright 2011 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License + +.TH PRLIMIT 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +prlimit \- get and set process resource limits +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR prlimit " [options]" +.RB [ \-\-\fIresource\fR [ =\fIlimits\fR] +.RB [ \-\-pid\ \fIPID\fR] + +.BR prlimit " [options]" +.RB [ \-\-\fIresource\fR [ =\fIlimits\fR] +.IR "command " [ argument ...] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +Given a process ID and one or more resources, \fBprlimit\fP tries to retrieve +and/or modify the limits. + +When \fIcommand\fR is given, +.B prlimit +will run this command with the given arguments. + +The \fIlimits\fP parameter is composed of a soft and a hard value, separated +by a colon (:), in order to modify the existing values. If no \fIlimits\fR are +given, \fBprlimit\fP will display the current values. If one of the values +is not given, then the existing one will be used. To specify the unlimited or +infinity limit (RLIM_INFINITY), the -1 or 'unlimited' string can be passed. + +Because of the nature of limits, the soft limit must be lower or equal to the +high limit (also called the ceiling). To see all available resource limits, +refer to the RESOURCE OPTIONS section. + +.IP "\fIsoft\fP:\fIhard\fP Specify both limits." +.IP "\fIsoft\fP: Specify only the soft limit." +.IP ":\fIhard\fP Specify only the hard limit." +.IP "\fIvalue\fP Specify both limits to the same value." + +.SH GENERAL OPTIONS +.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" +Display help text and exit. +.IP "\fB\-\-noheadings\fP" +Do not print a header line. +.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output \fIlist\fP" +Define the output columns to use. If no output arrangement is specified, +then a default set is used. +Use \fB\-\-help\fP to get a list of all supported columns. +.IP "\fB\-p, \-\-pid\fP" +Specify the process id; if none is given, the running process will be used. +.IP "\fB\-\-raw\fP" +Use the raw output format. +.IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fP" +Verbose mode. +.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP" +Display version information and exit. + +.SH RESOURCE OPTIONS +.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-core\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum size of a core file. +.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-data\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum data size. +.IP "\fB\-e, \-\-nice\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum nice priority allowed to raise. +.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-fsize\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum file size. +.IP "\fB\-i, \-\-sigpending\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum number of pending signals. +.IP "\fB\-l, \-\-memlock\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum locked-in-memory address space. +.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-rss\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum Resident Set Size (RSS). +.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-nofile\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum number of open files. +.IP "\fB\-q, \-\-msgqueue\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues. +.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-rtprio\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum real-time priority. +.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-stack\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum size of the stack. +.IP "\fB\-t, \-\-cpu\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +CPU time, in seconds. +.IP "\fB\-u, \-\-nproc\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum number of processes. +.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-as\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Address space limit. +.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-locks\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Maximum number of file locks held. +.IP "\fB\-y, \-\-rttime\fP[=\fIlimits\fR]" +Timeout for real-time tasks. + +.SH EXAMPLES +.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134\fP" +Display limit values for all current resources. +.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134 \--rss --nofile=1024:4095\fP" +Display the limits of the RSS, and set the soft and hard limits for the number +of open files to 1024 and 4095, respectively. +.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134 --nproc=512:\fP" +Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes. +.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid $$ --nproc=unlimited\fP" +Set for the current process both the soft and ceiling values for the number of +processes to unlimited. +.IP "\fBprlimit --cpu=10 sort -u hugefile\fP" +Set both the soft and hard CPU time limit to ten seconds and run 'sort'. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR ulimit (1), +.BR prlimit (2) + +.SH NOTES +The prlimit system call is supported since Linux 2.6.36, older kernels will +break this program. + +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> - In memory of Dennis M. Ritchie. +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +The prlimit command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |