NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       ulimit - get and set user limits

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <ulimit.h>

       long ulimit(int cmd, long newlimit);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Warning:  This  routine is obsolete. The include file is no longer provided
 by glibc.	Use getrlimit(2), setrlimit(2) and sysconf(3) instead.
       For the shell command ulimit, see bash(1).

       The  ulimit  call  will	get or set some limit for the current process.
       The cmd argument can have one of the following values.

       UL_GETFSIZE    [Toc]    [Back]
	      Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes.

       UL_SETFSIZE    [Toc]    [Back]
	      Set the limit on the size of a file.

       3      (Not  implemented  for  Linux.)	Return	the  maximum  possible
	      address of the data segment.

       4      (Implemented  but  no  symbolic  constant provided.)  Return the
	      maximum number of files that the calling process can open.

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       On success, ulimit returns  a  nonnegative  value.   On	error,	-1  is
       returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       EPERM  A non-root process tried to increase a limit.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       bash(1), getrlimit(2), setrlimit(2), sysconf(3)



Linux 2.0			  1998-06-12			     ULIMIT(3)