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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-09-15 03:41:58 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-09-15 03:41:58 +0000
commitc0f6f527c3a926d2ec4496051a51ff08b7a3c87c (patch)
tree644d8bc8872b330e9e94c01ab5e17296592b6fa4 /bin
parenta86e26dc090545cb6aa9a1e407a7d148f323e28e (diff)
document ``ulimit'' builtin.
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diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index eb8d701f6a2..24a4a329abd 100644
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.2 1996/06/23 14:21:32 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sh.1,v 1.3 1996/09/15 03:41:57 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sh.1,v 1.15 1995/05/11 21:30:18 christos Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -1273,6 +1273,23 @@ resets trapped (but not ignored) signals to the
default action. The trap command has no effect on
signals that were ignored on entry to the shell.
.TP
+ulimit [ -H | -S ] [ -a | -resource [ maximum-use ] ]
+Show or set the current process limits (see getrlimit(2)).
+If ``-a'' is specified, all current limits are shown.
+To specify
+.I hard
+or
+.I soft
+process limits, use the ``-H'' and ``-S'' options respectively
+(by default both soft and hard limits are used).
+To get or set a resource, call it by the first letter.
+For example, to set the max number of processes to 256 one
+would do ``ulimit -p 256''. ``ulimit -p unlimited'' would
+unlimit the number of processes (or set to the maximum allowed).
+If no resource is specified,
+.I file
+size is assumed.
+.TP
umask [ mask ]
Set the value of umask (see umask(2)) to the specified octal value.
If the argument is omitted, the