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getrlimit(2)							  getrlimit(2)

Name
       getrlimit, setrlimit - control maximum system resource consumption

Syntax
       #include <sys/time.h>
       #include <sys/resource.h>

       getrlimit(resource, rlp)
       int resource;
       struct rlimit *rlp;

       setrlimit(resource, rlp)
       int resource;
       struct rlimit *rlp;

Description
       Limits  on  the	consumption of system resources by the current process
       and each process it creates can be obtained with the call and set  with
       the call.

       The resource parameter is one of the following:

       RLIMIT_CPU	the maximum amount of cpu time (in milliseconds) to be
			used by each process.

       RLIMIT_FSIZE	the largest size, in bytes, of any  single  file  that
			may be created.

       RLIMIT_DATA	the  maximum size, in bytes, of the data segment for a
			process.  This limit defines how  far  a  program  can
			extend its break with the system call.

       RLIMIT_STACK	the maximum size, in bytes, of the stack segment for a
			process.  This limit defines how far a program's stack
			segment	 can  be extended, either automatically by the
			system or explicitly by a user, with the system call.

       RLIMIT_CORE	the largest size, in bytes, of a core file that may be
			created.

       RLIMIT_RSS	the maximum size, in bytes, to which a process's resi‐
			dent set size may grow when there  is  a  shortage  of
			free  physical memory.	Exceeding this limit when free
			physical memory is in short supply results in an unfa‐
			vorable	 scheduling  priority  being  assigned	to the
			process.

       A resource limit is specified as a soft limit and a hard limit.	When a
       soft limit is exceeded, a process may receive a signal (for example, if
       the cpu time is exceeded), but it will be allowed to continue execution
       until  it reaches the hard limit (or modifies its resource limit).  The
       system uses just the soft limit field of the resources RLIMIT_CORE  and
       RLIMIT_RSS.  The	 rlimit structure is used to specify the hard and soft
       limits on a resource, as shown:
       struct rlimit {
	    int	 rlim_cur; /* current (soft) limit */
	    int	 rlim_max; /* hard limit */
       };

       Only the superuser may raise the maximum limits.	 Other users may alter
       rlim_cur	 within	 the  range from 0 to rlim_max or (irreversibly) lower
       rlim_max.

       An  “infinite”  value  for  a  limit  is	  defined   as	 RLIM_INFINITY
       (0x7fffffff).

       Because this information is stored in the per-process information, this
       system call must be executed directly by the shell if it is  to	affect
       all  future  processes  created	by the shell; limit is thus a built-in
       command to

       The system refuses to extend the data or stack space  when  the	limits
       would  be  exceeded  in	the normal way: a break call fails if the data
       space limit is reached, or the process is killed when the  stack	 limit
       is  reached.   Because the stack cannot be extended, there is no way to
       send a signal.

       A file I/O operation that creates too large a file causes  the  SIGXFSZ
       signal to be generated. This condition normally terminates the process,
       but may be caught.  When the soft cpu time limit is exceeded, a	signal
       SIGXCPU is sent to the process.

Return Values
       A 0 return value indicates that the call succeeded, changing or return‐
       ing the resource limit.	 A return value of -1 indicates that an	 error
       occurred, and an error code is stored in the global location errno.

Environment
   System Five
       When  your program is compiled in the System V environment, the SIGXFSZ
       signal is not generated.

Diagnostics
       The call fails under the following conditions:

       [EFAULT]	      The address specified for rlp is invalid.

       [EPERM]	      The limit specified to would  have  raised  the  maximum
		      limit value, and the caller is not the superuser.

       [EINVAL]	      Resource is greater than or equal to RLIM_NLIMITS.

See Also
       csh(1), quota(2)

								  getrlimit(2)
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