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limit

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 .

Resource

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

Limit

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).


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