ulimit.h(7POSIX)

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🌸 ulimit.h — the POSIX programmer's manual, bestie edition 🌸

okay so real talk first: this page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not even be implemented on Linux. iykyk, always check your actual platform before you commit to anything. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ulimit.h — ulimit commands 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ulimit.h>

That's it. That's the whole vibe. She's simple, she's iconic. 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So the <ulimit.h> header shall define the symbolic constants used by the ulimit() function. That's her whole job, and she does it flawlessly. ✨

Symbolic constants, the moment you've all been waiting for:

  • UL_GETFSIZE — get maximum file size. 👑
  • UL_SETFSIZE — set maximum file size. 🔥

The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided:

long ulimit(int, ...);

yes bestie that's a variadic, she said "and I took that personally." 😭

The following sections are informative. (translation: the juicy canonical stuff is done, everything after this is bonus commentary.)

🌸 APPLICATION USAGE 🌸

See ulimit(). go read the real one, she's the main character here. 🫶

🧚 RATIONALE 🧚

None.

the way she simply has nothing to say and says it with her whole chest. iconic behavior, no notes. 💀

⭐ FUTURE DIRECTIONS ⭐

None.

nothing coming, nothing pending, she's at peace. 🦋

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, ulimit()

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. fr fr, the original is the one that counts, not this page.

The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . 🌈

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . 🙈

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