ulimit - get and set user limits
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ ulimit() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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Description
Warning: this routine is obsolete. Use getrlimit(2), setrlimit(2), and sysconf(3) instead. For the
shell command ulimit, see bash(1).
The ulimit() call will get or set some limit for the calling process. The cmd argument can have one of
the following values.
UL_GETFSIZE
Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes.
UL_SETFSIZE
Set the limit on the size of a file.
3 (Not implemented for Linux.) Return the maximum possible address of the data segment.
4 (Implemented but no symbolic constant provided.) Return the maximum number of files that the
calling process can open.
Errors
EPERM An unprivileged process tried to increase a limit.
History
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2008 marks it as obsolete.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
ulimit - get and set user limits
Return Value
On success, ulimit() returns a nonnegative value. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate
the error.
See Also
bash(1), getrlimit(2), setrlimit(2), sysconf(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 ulimit(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<ulimit.h>[[deprecated]]longulimit(intcmd,longnewlimit);