[PATCH 12/15] prlimit: add note to man page that setting limits without --pid is pointless.

[PATCH 12/15] prlimit: add note to man page that setting limits without --pid is pointless.

[Bernhard Voelker]

[PATCH 12/15] prlimit: add note to man page that setting limits without 
--pid is pointless.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
---
  sys-utils/prlimit.1 |    3 +++
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
index cc40ac4..fa45aca 100644
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.1
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ OPTIONS section.
  .SH GENERAL OPTIONS
  .IP "\fB\-p, \-\-pid\fP"
  Specify the process id, if none is given, it will use the running process.
+Please note that changing limits without specifying a PID is pointless,
+because then it will change the limit of the prlimit process which will
+shortly exit afterwards.
  .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output \fIlist\fP"
  Define the output columns to use. If no output arrangement is 
specified, then a default set is used.
  Use \fB\-\-help\fP to  get list of all supported columns.

Re: [PATCH 12/15] prlimit: add note to man page that setting limits without --pid is pointless.

[Karel Zak]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 02:48:45AM +0100, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> [PATCH 12/15] prlimit: add note to man page that setting limits without  
> --pid is pointless.

 Not applied, we need the exec() call.

    Karel

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