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NAME

       prlimit - get and set process resource limits

SYNOPSIS

       prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits] [--pid PID]

       prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits] command [argument...]

DESCRIPTION

       Given a process ID and one or more resources, prlimit tries to retrieve and/or modify the limits.

       When command is given, prlimit will run this command with the given arguments.

       The  limits parameter is composed of a soft and a hard value, separated by a colon (:), in order to modify the existing values.	If no lim-
       its are given, prlimit will display the current values.	If one of the values is not given, then the existing one will be used.	To specify
       the unlimited or infinity limit (RLIM_INFINITY), the -1 or 'unlimited' string can be passed.

       Because	of  the nature of limits, the soft limit must be lower or equal to the high limit (also called the ceiling).  To see all available
       resource limits, refer to the RESOURCE OPTIONS section.

       soft:hard    Specify both limits.

       soft:	    Specify only the soft limit.

       :hard	    Specify only the hard limit.

       value	    Specify both limits to the same value.

GENERAL OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Display help text and exit.

       --noheadings
	      Do not print a header line.

       -o, --output list
	      Define the output columns to use.  If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used.  Use --help to get a  list	of
	      all supported columns.

       -p, --pid
	      Specify the process id; if none is given, the running process will be used.

       --raw  Use the raw output format.

       --verbose
	      Verbose mode.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit.

RESOURCE OPTIONS

       -c, --core[=limits]
	      Maximum size of a core file.

       -d, --data[=limits]
	      Maximum data size.

       -e, --nice[=limits]
	      Maximum nice priority allowed to raise.

       -f, --fsize[=limits]
	      Maximum file size.

       -i, --sigpending[=limits]
	      Maximum number of pending signals.

       -l, --memlock[=limits]
	      Maximum locked-in-memory address space.

       -m, --rss[=limits]
	      Maximum Resident Set Size (RSS).

       -n, --nofile[=limits]
	      Maximum number of open files.

       -q, --msgqueue[=limits]
	      Maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues.

       -r, --rtprio[=limits]
	      Maximum real-time priority.

       -s, --stack[=limits]
	      Maximum size of the stack.

       -t, --cpu[=limits]
	      CPU time, in seconds.

       -u, --nproc[=limits]
	      Maximum number of processes.

       -v, --as[=limits]
	      Address space limit.

       -x, --locks[=limits]
	      Maximum number of file locks held.

       -y, --rttime[=limits]
	      Timeout for real-time tasks.

EXAMPLES

       prlimit --pid 13134
	      Display limit values for all current resources.

       prlimit --pid 13134 --rss --nofile=1024:4095
	      Display the limits of the RSS, and set the soft and hard limits for the number of open files to 1024 and 4095, respectively.

       prlimit --pid 13134 --nproc=512:
	      Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes.

       prlimit --pid $$ --nproc=unlimited
	      Set for the current process both the soft and ceiling values for the number of processes to unlimited.

       prlimit --cpu=10 sort -u hugefile
	      Set both the soft and hard CPU time limit to ten seconds and run 'sort'.

SEE ALSO

       ulimit(1), prlimit(2)

NOTES

       The prlimit system call is supported since Linux 2.6.36, older kernels will break this program.

AUTHORS

       Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> - In memory of Dennis M. Ritchie.

AVAILABILITY

       The prlimit command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux							     July 2014								PRLIMIT(1)