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-.TH ULIMIT 3 2008-08-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-ulimit \- get and set user limits
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B #include <ulimit.h>
-.sp
-.BI "long ulimit(int " cmd ", long " newlimit );
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-Warning: This routine is obsolete.
-Use
-.BR getrlimit (2),
-.BR setrlimit (2),
-and
-.BR sysconf (3)
-instead.
-For the shell command
-.BR ulimit (),
-see
-.BR bash (1).
-
-The
-.BR ulimit ()
-call will get or set some limit for the calling process.
-The
-.I cmd
-argument can have one of the following values.
-.TP
-.B UL_GETFSIZE
-Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes.
-.TP
-.B UL_SETFSIZE
-Set the limit on the size of a file.
-.TP
-.B 3
-(Not implemented for Linux.)
-Return the maximum possible address of the data segment.
-.TP
-.B 4
-(Implemented but no symbolic constant provided.)
-Return the maximum number of files that the calling process can open.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-On success,
-.BR ulimit ()
-returns a nonnegative value.
-On error, \-1 is returned, and
-.I errno
-is set appropriately.
-.SH ERRORS
-.TP
-.B EPERM
-A unprivileged process tried to increase a limit.
-.SH CONFORMING TO
-SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
-POSIX.1-2008 marks
-.BR ulimit ()
-as obsolete.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR bash (1),
-.BR getrlimit (2),
-.BR setrlimit (2),
-.BR sysconf (3)
-.SH COLOPHON
-This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
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-project.
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