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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
| commit | 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 (patch) | |
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| parent | Adding debian version 6.7-2. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/man3/ulimit.3 b/man/man3/ulimit.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b143761 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/ulimit.3 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C) 1996 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" Moved to man3, aeb, 980612 +.\" +.TH ulimit 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +ulimit \- get and set user limits +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <ulimit.h> +.P +.BI "[[deprecated]] long ulimit(int " cmd ", long " newlimit ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +Warning: this routine is obsolete. +Use +.BR getrlimit (2), +.BR setrlimit (2), +and +.BR sysconf (3) +instead. +For the shell command +.BR ulimit , +see +.BR bash (1). +.P +The +.BR ulimit () +call will get or set some limit for the calling process. +The +.I cmd +argument can have one of the following values. +.TP +.B UL_GETFSIZE +Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes. +.TP +.B UL_SETFSIZE +Set the limit on the size of a file. +.TP +.B 3 +(Not implemented for Linux.) +Return the maximum possible address of the data segment. +.TP +.B 4 +(Implemented but no symbolic constant provided.) +Return the maximum number of files that the calling process can open. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR ulimit () +returns a nonnegative value. +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EPERM +An unprivileged process tried to increase a limit. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR ulimit () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. +POSIX.1-2008 marks it as obsolete. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR bash (1), +.BR getrlimit (2), +.BR setrlimit (2), +.BR sysconf (3) |