Name
limit
Synopsis
limit [-h] [resource
[limit
]]
Display limits or set a limit
on resources
used by the current process and by each process it creates. If no
limit
is given, the current limit is
printed for resource
. If
resource
also is omitted, all limits are
printed. By default, the current limits are shown or set; with -h,
hard limits are used. A hard limit imposes an absolute limit that
can’t be exceeded. Only a privileged user may raise
it. See also unlimit.
Option
- -h
Use hard, not current, limits.
Resources
- coredumpsize
Maximum size of a core dump file.
- cputime
Maximum number of seconds the CPU can spend; can be abbreviated as cpu.
- datasize
Maximum size of data (including stack).
- descriptors
Maximum number of open files.
- filesize
Maximum size of any one file.
- maxproc
Maximum number of processes.
- memorylocked
Maximum size a process can lock into memory.
- memoryuse
Maximum amount of physical memory that can be allocated to a process.
- vmemoryuse
Maximum amount of virtual memory that can be allocated to a process.
- stacksize
Maximum size of stack.
Limit
A number followed by an optional character (a unit specifier).
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