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proposal: add getlimits to the list of installed programs


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: proposal: add getlimits to the list of installed programs
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:54:21 +0100

We've been using getlimits in coreutils tests for some time:

  $ ./getlimits --help
  Usage: ./getlimits
  Output platform dependent limits in a format useful for shell scripts.

  $ ./getlimits
  CHAR_MAX=127
  CHAR_OFLOW=128
  CHAR_MIN=-128
  CHAR_UFLOW=-129
  SCHAR_MAX=127
  SCHAR_OFLOW=128
  SCHAR_MIN=-128
  SCHAR_UFLOW=-129
  UCHAR_MAX=255
  UCHAR_OFLOW=256
  SHRT_MAX=32767
  SHRT_OFLOW=32768
  SHRT_MIN=-32768
  SHRT_UFLOW=-32769
  INT_MAX=2147483647
  INT_OFLOW=2147483648
  INT_MIN=-2147483648
  INT_UFLOW=-2147483649
  UINT_MAX=4294967295
  UINT_OFLOW=4294967296
  LONG_MAX=9223372036854775807
  LONG_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
  LONG_MIN=-9223372036854775808
  LONG_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
  ULONG_MAX=18446744073709551615
  ULONG_OFLOW=18446744073709551616
  SIZE_MAX=18446744073709551615
  SIZE_OFLOW=18446744073709551616
  SSIZE_MAX=9223372036854775807
  SSIZE_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
  SSIZE_MIN=-9223372036854775808
  SSIZE_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
  TIME_T_MAX=9223372036854775807
  TIME_T_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
  TIME_T_MIN=-9223372036854775808
  TIME_T_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
  UID_T_MAX=4294967295
  UID_T_OFLOW=4294967296
  GID_T_MAX=4294967295
  GID_T_OFLOW=4294967296
  PID_T_MAX=2147483647
  PID_T_OFLOW=2147483648
  PID_T_MIN=-2147483648
  PID_T_UFLOW=-2147483649
  OFF_T_MAX=9223372036854775807
  OFF_T_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
  OFF_T_MIN=-9223372036854775808
  OFF_T_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
  INTMAX_MAX=9223372036854775807
  INTMAX_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
  INTMAX_MIN=-9223372036854775808
  INTMAX_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
  UINTMAX_MAX=18446744073709551615
  UINTMAX_OFLOW=18446744073709551616

and I wanted to use it in a test of GNU parted.

What do you think?

This would not be added until after 8.2, of course.




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