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Re: ulimit -p incorrect on linux (and besides being low, probably unenfo
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: ulimit -p incorrect on linux (and besides being low, probably unenforceable(?)) |
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:17:08 -0400 |
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Linda Walsh wrote:
> When under linux (2.6.30.x), I type
> ulimit -p and get a return value of "8".
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> from the man page this is in 512-byte blocks and may not be set.
It's set at build time. Look at builtins/ulimit.def:pipesize() and
builtins/psize.sh (which uses builtins/psize.c).
Chet
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