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ulimit.h(0P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ulimit.h(0P)

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.h — ulimit commands

SYNOPSIS

#include <ulimit.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <ulimit.h> header shall define the symbolic constants used by the ulimit() function.

Symbolic constants:

Get maximum file size.
Set maximum file size.

The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.

long ulimit(int, ...);

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

See ulimit().

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, ulimit()

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

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 .

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