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
is also 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
.
-
cputime
-
Maximum number of seconds the CPU can spend;
can be abbreviated as
cpu
.
-
filesize
-
Maximum size of any one file.
-
datasize
-
Maximum size of data (including stack).
-
stacksize
-
Maximum size of stack.
-
coredumpsize
-
Maximum size of a core dump file.
A number followed by an optional character (a unit specifier).
For
cputime
:
n
h
(for
n
hours),
n
m
(for
n
minutes),
mm
:
ss
(minutes and seconds),
For others:
n
k
(for
n
kilobytes, the default),
n
m
(for
n
megabytes)