ulimit - Set and gets process limits
#include <ulimit.h>
long int ulimit(
int command,
... );
Standard C Library (libc)
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to
industry standards as follows:
ulimit(): XSH4.2
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information
about industry standards and associated tags.
Specifies the form of control. The command parameter can
have the following values: Returns the soft file size
limit of the process. The limit is reported in 512-byte
blocks (see the sys/param.h file) and is inherited by
child processes. The function can read files of any size.
The return value is the integer part of the soft
file size limit divided by 512. If the result cannot
be represented as a long int, the result is
unspecified. Sets the hard and soft process file
size limit for output operations to the value of
the second parameter, taken as a long int value,
and returns the new file size limit. Any process
can decrease its own hard limit, but only a process
with the privileges can increase the limit.
The hard and soft file size limits are set to the
specified value multiplied by 512. If the result
would overflow an rlim_t, the actual value set is
unspecified. [Tru64 UNIX] Returns the maximum
possible break value as described in the brk(2)
reference page.
The ulimit() function controls process limits.
During access to remote files, the process limits of the
local node are used.
The ulimit() function is implemented with calls to setrlimit().
The two interfaces should not be used in the same
program. The result of doing so is undefined.
Upon successful completion, ulimit() returns the value of
the requested limit and does not change the setting of
errno. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and errno is
set to indicate the error.
If the ulimit() function fails, the limit remains
unchanged and errno is set to one of the following values:
The command parameter is invalid. A process without
appropriate system privileges attempted to increase its
file size limit.
As all return values are permissable in a successful situation,
an application wishing to check for error situations
should set errno to 0, then call ulimit(), and, if
it returns -1, check to see if errno is nonzero.
Commands: ulimit(1)
Functions: brk(2), getrlimit(2), write(2)
Routines: pathconf(2)
Standards: standards(5)
ulimit(3)
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