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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/ulimit.1p b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/ulimit.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f14b213 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/ulimit.1p @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +'\" et +.TH ULIMIT "1P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. + +.SH NAME +ulimit +\(em set or report file size limit +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +ulimit \fB[\fR\(mif\fB] [\fIblocks\fB]\fR +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR ulimit +utility shall set or report the file-size writing limit imposed on +files written by the shell and its child processes (files of any size +may be read). Only a process with appropriate privileges can increase +the limit. +.SH OPTIONS +The +.IR ulimit +utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines". +.P +The following option shall be supported: +.IP "\fB\(mif\fP" 10 +Set (or report, if no +.IR blocks +operand is present), the file size limit in blocks. The +.BR \(mif +option shall also be the default case. +.SH OPERANDS +The following operand shall be supported: +.IP "\fIblocks\fR" 10 +The number of 512-byte blocks to use as the new file size limit. +.SH STDIN +Not used. +.SH "INPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR ulimit : +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of +text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to +multi-byte characters in arguments). +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. +.IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10 +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of +.IR LC_MESSAGES . +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +The standard output shall be used when no +.IR blocks +operand is present. If the current number of blocks is limited, the +number of blocks in the current limit shall be written in the following +format: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +"%d\en", <\fInumber of 512-byte blocks\fR> +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +If there is no current limit on the number of blocks, in the POSIX +locale the following format shall be used: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +"unlimited\en" +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.SH STDERR +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +None. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values shall be returned: +.IP "\00" 6 +Successful completion. +.IP >0 6 +A request for a higher limit was rejected or an error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +Default. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +Since +.IR ulimit +affects the current shell execution environment, it is always provided +as a shell regular built-in. If it is called in a separate utility +execution environment, such as one of the following: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +nohup ulimit \(mif 10000 +env ulimit 10000 +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +it does not affect the file size limit of the caller's environment. +.P +Once a limit has been decreased by a process, it cannot be increased +(unless appropriate privileges are involved), even back to the original +system limit. +.SH EXAMPLES +Set the file size limit to 51\|200 bytes: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +ulimit \(mif 100 +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables", +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines" +.P +The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "\fIulimit\fR\^(\|)" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.unix.org/online.html . + +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |