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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
commit | ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7 (patch) | |
tree | 9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/limits | |
parent | e2acd5cecf61f060255d467b8d38cd35f941fb1c (diff) | |
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Use `The .Nm utility'
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/limits')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 b/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 index c0f8751..59cc90a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 +++ b/usr.bin/limits/limits.1 @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ .Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value ... .Op Ar command .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Limits -either prints or sets kernel resource limits, and may optionally set +The +.Nm +utility either prints or sets kernel resource limits, and may optionally set environment variables like .Xr env 1 and run a program with the selected resources. @@ -300,7 +301,9 @@ When invoked to execute a program, the failure of to raise a hard limit is considered a fatal error. .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Nm Limits +The +.Nm +utility exits with EXIT_FAILURE if usage is incorrect in any way; i.e. an invalid option, or set/display options are selected in the same invocation, .Fl e @@ -321,8 +324,9 @@ will be whatever the executed program returns. .Xr login.conf 5 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh BUGS -.Nm Limits -does not handle commands with equal (``='') signs in their +The +.Nm +utility does not handle commands with equal (``='') signs in their names, for obvious reasons. .Pp When eval output is selected, the @@ -340,8 +344,9 @@ in eval mode prior mounting may only occur in standard bourne shell scripts. .Pp -.Nm Limits -makes no effort to ensure that resource settings emitted or displayed +The +.Nm +utility makes no effort to ensure that resource settings emitted or displayed are valid and settable by the current user. Only a superuser account may raise hard limits, and when doing so the |