Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:05:32 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr Subject: Re: is this a bug? Message-ID: <199901291805.NAA06885@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990129195110.3330A-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr>
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> hello,
> when I want to see the manual page of the command limit
> man limit
> my system gives me the manual page of csh!
> what is this?
>
>
The limit "command" is actually a builtin function of the csh.
From the man page that you just got:
Builtin commands
Builtin commands are executed within the shell. If a builtin command oc-
curs as any component of a pipeline except the last then it is executed
in a subshell.
...
limit
limit resource
limit resource maximum-use
limit -h
limit -h resource
limit -h resource maximum-use
Limit the consumption by the current process and each pro-
cess it creates to not individually exceed maximum-use on
the specified resource. If no maximum-use is given, then
the current limit is printed; if no resource is given, then
all limitations are given. If the -h flag is given, the
hard limits are used instead of the current limits. The
hard limits impose a ceiling on the values of the current
limits. Only the super-user may raise the hard limits, but
a user may lower or raise the current limits within the le-
gal range.
...
- Dave Rivers -
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