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-.TH limit 1 "2 Nov 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
+.TH LIMIT 1 "Nov 2, 2007"
.SH NAME
limit, ulimit, unlimit \- set or get limitations on the system resources
available to the current shell and its descendents
@@ -88,78 +88,64 @@ The following options specify the resource whose limits are to be printed or
set. If no option is specified, the file size limit is printed or set.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum core file size (in 512-byte blocks)
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum size of data segment or heap (in Kbytes)
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum file size (in 512-byte blocks)
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-n\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum file descriptor plus 1
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum size of stack segment (in Kbytes)
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum CPU time (in seconds)
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Maximum size of virtual memory (in Kbytes)
.RE
@@ -173,12 +159,10 @@ limit, if any, be removed. If \fIlimit\fR is omitted, prints the current limit.
If \fIresource\fR is omitted, displays all limits.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Use hard limits instead of the current limits. Hard limits impose a ceiling on
the values of the current limits. Only the privileged user can raise the hard
limits.
@@ -189,69 +173,57 @@ limits.
\fIresource\fR is one of:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBcputime\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Maximum \fBCPU\fR seconds per process.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBfilesize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Largest single file allowed. Limited to the size of the filesystem (see
\fBdf\fR(1M)).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBdatasize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
The maximum size of a process's heap in kilobytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBstacksize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Maximum stack size for the process. The default stack size is 2^64.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBcoredumpsize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Maximum size of a core dump (file). This is limited to the size of the
filesystem.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBdescriptors\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Maximum number of file descriptors. Run the \fBsysdef\fR(1M) command to obtain
the maximum possible limits for your system. The values reported are in
hexadecimal, but can be translated into decimal numbers using the \fBbc\fR(1)
@@ -260,12 +232,10 @@ command.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBmemorysize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 16n
-.rt
Maximum size of virtual memory.
.RE
@@ -274,45 +244,37 @@ Maximum size of virtual memory.
\fIlimit\fR is a number, with an optional scaling factor, as follows:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fIn\fR\fBh\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Hours (for \fBcputime\fR).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fIn\fR\fBk\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
\fIn\fR kilobytes. This is the default for all but \fBcputime\fR.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fIn\fR\fBm\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
\fIn\fR megabytes or minutes (for \fBcputime\fR).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fImm\fR\fB:\fR\fIss\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Minutes and seconds (for \fBcputime\fR).
.RE
@@ -323,12 +285,10 @@ specified, then all resource limitations are removed. See the description of
the \fBlimit\fR command for the list of resource names.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Remove corresponding hard limits. Only the privileged user can do this.
.RE
@@ -351,90 +311,74 @@ than one resource is specified, then the limit name and unit is printed before
the value.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-a\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Lists all of the current resource limits.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of core dumps.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of K-bytes on the size of the data area.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of 512-byte blocks on files written by child processes (files of any
size can be read).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-n\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of file descriptors plus 1.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of K-bytes on the size of the stack area.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of seconds (CPU time) to be used by each process.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
The number of K-bytes for virtual memory.
.RE
@@ -481,18 +425,15 @@ If you do not specify any resource, the default is \fB-f.\fR
The following options are available for \fBulimit\fR in \fBksh93\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-a\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Displays all current resource limits.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-b\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -501,13 +442,11 @@ Displays all current resource limits.
\fB\fB--sbsize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the socket buffer size in bytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -516,13 +455,11 @@ Specifies the socket buffer size in bytes.
\fB\fB--core\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the core file size in blocks.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -531,13 +468,11 @@ Specifies the core file size in blocks.
\fB\fB--data\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the data size in kbytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -546,24 +481,20 @@ Specifies the data size in kbytes.
\fB\fB--fsize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the file size in blocks.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-H\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Displays or sets a hard limit.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-L\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -572,13 +503,11 @@ Displays or sets a hard limit.
\fB\fB--locks\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the number of file locks.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -587,13 +516,11 @@ Specifies the number of file locks.
\fB\fB--memlock\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the locked address space in Kbytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-M\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -602,13 +529,11 @@ Specifies the locked address space in Kbytes.
\fB\fB--as\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the address space limit in Kbytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-n\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -617,13 +542,11 @@ Specifies the address space limit in Kbytes.
\fB\fB--nofile\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the number of open files.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-p\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -632,13 +555,11 @@ Specifies the number of open files.
\fB\fB--pipe\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the pipe buffer size in bytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-m\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -647,24 +568,20 @@ Specifies the pipe buffer size in bytes.
\fB\fB--rss\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the resident set size in Kbytes
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-S\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Displays or sets a soft limit.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -673,13 +590,11 @@ Displays or sets a soft limit.
\fB\fB--stack\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the stack size in Kbytes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-T\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -688,13 +603,11 @@ Specifies the stack size in Kbytes.
\fB\fB--threads\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the number of threads.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-t\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -703,13 +616,11 @@ Specifies the number of threads.
\fB\fB--cpu\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the CPU time in seconds.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-u\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -718,13 +629,11 @@ Specifies the CPU time in seconds.
\fB\fB--nproc\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the number of processes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-v\fR\fR
.ad
@@ -733,7 +642,6 @@ Specifies the number of processes.
\fB\fB--vmem\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
-.rt
Specifies the process size in Kbytes.
.RE
@@ -743,12 +651,10 @@ Specifies the process size in Kbytes.
The following option is supported by \fB/usr/bin/ulimit\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Sets (or reports, if no \fIblocks\fR operand is present), the file size limit
in blocks. The \fB-f\fR option is also the default case.
.RE
@@ -759,12 +665,10 @@ in blocks. The \fB-f\fR option is also the default case.
The following operand is supported by \fB/usr/bin/ulimit\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fIblocks\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The number of 512-byte blocks to use as the new file size limit.
.RE
@@ -872,23 +776,19 @@ that affect the execution of \fBulimit\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
The following exit values are returned by \fBulimit\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
Successful completion.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB>0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
-.rt
A request for a higher limit was rejected or an error occurred.
.RE
@@ -901,15 +801,14 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityCommitted
+Interface Stability Committed
_
-StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
+Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE
.SS "ksh93"
@@ -917,13 +816,12 @@ StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityUncommitted
+Interface Stability Uncommitted
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
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