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Old 11-30-2006
ulimit problem

I would like to know where is the ulimit value stored in the shell. And how to get or modify it using the C program.
I run the command ulimit it shows me unlimited and quits.
Where that value is stored.





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Old 11-30-2006
Why don't you check the man page for ulimit, getrlimit and setrlimit? You could just do that and get all your answers.
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