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diff --git a/man1p/ulimit.1p b/man1p/ulimit.1p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..193fb8c75 --- /dev/null +++ b/man1p/ulimit.1p @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "ULIMIT" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" ulimit +.SH NAME +ulimit \- set or report file size limit +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fBulimit\fP \fB[\fP\fB-f\fP\fB][\fP\fIblocks\fP\fB]\fP\fB\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIulimit\fP 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 +.LP +The \fIulimit\fP utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume +of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. +.LP +The following option shall be supported: +.TP 7 +\fB-f\fP +Set (or report, if no \fIblocks\fP operand is present), the file size +limit in blocks. The \fB-f\fP option shall also be the +default case. +.sp +.SH OPERANDS +.LP +The following operand shall be supported: +.TP 7 +\fIblocks\fP +The number of 512-byte blocks to use as the new file size limit. +.sp +.SH STDIN +.LP +Not used. +.SH INPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.LP +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +\fIulimit\fP: +.TP 7 +\fILANG\fP +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that +are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of +IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables +for +the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.TP 7 +\fILC_ALL\fP +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.TP 7 +\fILC_CTYPE\fP +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). +.TP 7 +\fILC_MESSAGES\fP +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard +error. +.TP 7 +\fINLSPATH\fP +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of \fILC_MESSAGES +\&.\fP +.sp +.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS +.LP +Default. +.SH STDOUT +.LP +The standard output shall be used when no \fIblocks\fP 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 +.nf + +\fB"%d\\n", <\fP\fInumber of 512-byte blocks\fP\fB> +\fP +.fi +.RE +.LP +If there is no current limit on the number of blocks, in the POSIX +locale the following format shall be used: +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fB"unlimited\\n" +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH STDERR +.LP +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH OUTPUT FILES +.LP +None. +.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +.LP +None. +.SH EXIT STATUS +.LP +The following exit values shall be returned: +.TP 7 +\ 0 +Successful completion. +.TP 7 +>0 +A request for a higher limit was rejected or an error occurred. +.sp +.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS +.LP +Default. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +Since \fIulimit\fP 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 +.nf + +\fBnohup ulimit -f 10000 +env ulimit 10000 +\fP +.fi +.RE +.LP +it does not affect the file size limit of the caller's environment. +.LP +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 +.LP +Set the file size limit to 51200 bytes: +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fBulimit -f 100 +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +The System Interfaces volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fIulimit\fP() +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |