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NOTES: Add text mention the shell 'ulimit' (or 'limit') 

built-in command for setting resource limits.
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Michael Kerrisk 2008-08-26 04:19:07 +00:00
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.\" 2005-07-28, mtk, Added descriptions of RLIMIT_NICE and RLIMIT_RTPRIO
.\" 2008-05-07, mtk / Peter Zijlstra, Added description of RLIMIT_RTTIME
.\"
.TH GETRLIMIT 2 2008-06-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH GETRLIMIT 2 2008-08-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getrlimit, setrlimit \- get/set resource limits
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ A child process created via
inherits its parent's resource limits.
Resource limits are preserved across
.BR execve (2).
One can set the resource limits of the shell using the built-in
.IR ulimit
command
.RI ( limit
in
.BR csh (1)).
The shell's resource limits are inherited by the processes that
it creates to execute commands.
.SH BUGS
In older Linux kernels, the
.B SIGXCPU