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ULIMIT(P)		   POSIX Programmer's Manual		     ULIMIT(P)

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.

NAME
       ulimit - get and set process limits

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ulimit.h>

       long ulimit(int cmd, ...);

DESCRIPTION
       The ulimit() function shall control process limits. The process	limits
       that  can  be controlled by this function include the maximum size of a
       single file that can be written (this  is  equivalent  to  using	 setr‐
       limit()	with  RLIMIT_FSIZE).  The  cmd	values, defined in <ulimit.h>,
       include:

       UL_GETFSIZE
	      Return the file size limit (RLIMIT_FSIZE) of  the	 process.  The
	      limit  shall  be in units of 512-byte blocks and shall be inher‐
	      ited by child processes. Files of any  size  can	be  read.  The
	      return  value  shall  be	the integer part of the soft file size
	      limit divided by 512. If the result cannot be represented	 as  a
	      long, the result is unspecified.

       UL_SETFSIZE
	      Set  the file size limit for output operations of the process to
	      the value of the second argument, taken as a long, multiplied by
	      512.  If	the  result would overflow an rlim_t, the actual value
	      set is unspecified. Any process may decrease its own limit,  but
	      only  a  process	with  appropriate  privileges may increase the
	      limit. The return value shall be the integer  part  of  the  new
	      file size limit divided by 512.

       The ulimit() function shall not change the setting of errno if success‐
       ful.

       As all return values are permissible  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
       non-zero.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful	 completion,  ulimit()	shall  return the value of the
       requested limit. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indi‐
       cate the error.

ERRORS
       The ulimit() function shall fail and the limit shall be unchanged if:

       EINVAL The cmd argument is not valid.

       EPERM  A process not having appropriate privileges attempts to increase
	      its file size limit.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       getrlimit() , setrlimit() , write() , the Base  Definitions  volume  of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <ulimit.h>

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 .

IEEE/The Open Group		     2003			     ULIMIT(P)
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