plimit(1) - osol9

1plimit(1)                        User Commands                       plimit(1)
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NAME

6       plimit - get or set the resource limits of running processes
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SYNOPSIS

9       plimit [-km] pid...
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12       plimit {-cdfnstv} soft,hard... pid...
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DESCRIPTION

16       If  one  or  more  of the cdfnstv options is specified, plimit sets the
17       soft (current) limit and/or the hard (maximum) limit of  the  indicated
18       resource(s)  in  the  processes identified by the process-ID list, pid.
19       Otherwise plimit reports the resource limits of the  processes  identi‐
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23       Only  the  owner  of a process or the super-user is permitted either to
24       get or to set the resource limits of a process. Only the super-user can
25       increase the hard limit.
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OPTIONS

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30       -k    On  output, show file sizes in kilobytes (1024 bytes) rather than
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39       The remainder of the options are used to change specified resource lim‐
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46       where soft specifies the soft (current) limit and  hard  specifies  the
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48       be omitted. If the soft limit is an empty string, only the  hard  limit
49       is set. Each limit is either the literal string unlimited, or a number,
50       with an optional scaling factor, as follows:
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67       -c soft,hard    Set core file size limits  (default  unit  is  512-byte
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71       -d soft,hard    Set  data  segment  (heap) size limits (default unit is
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OPERANDS

93       The following operands are supported.
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EXIT STATUS

99       plimit returns the exit value zero  on  success,  non-zero  on  failure
100       (such as no such process, permission denied, or invalid option).
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FILES

103       /proc/pid/*    process information and control files
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ATTRIBUTES

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112       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
113       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
114       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
115       │Availability                 │SUNWesu                      │
116       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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