Re: [PATCH] man: Document ulimit -v

[jca@wxcvbn.org (Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas)]

Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it> writes:

> Document that `ulimit` can set the `RLIMIT_AS` limit (virtual memory) with
> the `-v` flag.

I don't know much about RLIMIT_AS, but I know that it isn't supported on
all systems where dash runs, eg OpenBSD.  Maybe is it Linux-specific?

Anyway, it would be better if the manpage said that the -v flag may not
be implemented on all platforms.

The same could be said about ulimit -w. (I did not check the other flags).

> Fixes: https://bugs.debian.org/78556
> Reported-by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
> Signed-off-by: Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>
> ---
>  src/dash.1 | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
> index 832eae7..8b8026d 100644
> --- a/src/dash.1
> +++ b/src/dash.1
> @@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ printed; for commands and tracked aliases the complete pathname of the
>  command is printed.
>  .It ulimit Xo
>  .Op Fl H \*(Ba Fl S
> -.Op Fl a \*(Ba Fl tfdscmlpn Op Ar value
> +.Op Fl a \*(Ba Fl tfdscmlpnv Op Ar value
>  .Xc
>  Inquire about or set the hard or soft limits on processes or set new
>  limits.
> @@ -2164,6 +2164,9 @@ show or set the limit on the number of processes this user can
>  have at one time
>  .It Fl n
>  show or set the limit on the number files a process can have open at once
> +.It Fl v
> +show or set the limit on the total virtual memory that can be
> +in use by a process (in kilobytes)
>  .It Fl r
>  show or set the limit on the real-time scheduling priority of a process
>  .El

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