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-'\" t
-.\" Copyright (C) 1996 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
-.\"
-.\" Moved to man3, aeb, 980612
-.\"
-.TH ulimit 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.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-Warning: this routine is obsolete.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)