"ulimit -a" output

[Yu Zhen]

where can I find the output explaination of "ulimit -a"? I need it imperatively.

[Tim Adamson_1]

Hi,

ulimit is part of the shell. You can try the Shells User guide available from http://docs.hp.com if you want some further information.


Cheers!!!

[Michael Tully]

try this man page:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ulimit+1

[Garry Ferguson]

Under HPUX the different shells have different
commands ( limit and ulimit ).

My notes on this are as follows:
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limit | ulimit
To view or set a process's limits.

ulimit -a S|H - to see all current soft or hard limits
If you set down a hard limit you cannot move it up again.

HP> csh% limit
limit coredumpsize 9000
see man csh

HP> sh% ulimit -a
ulimit -[S|H]c 9000
-n openfiles
-s stack
-t time
-v virt mem

see man sh-posix
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Regards, Garry

[hongjing_zhang]

a1#[/]ulimit -a
time(seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) 65536
stack(kbytes) 8192
memory(kbytes) unlimited
coredump(blocks) 4194303
nofiles(descriptors) 60