Re: ulimit and -e switch

[Chet Ramey]

Frans de Boer wrote:
> rom: Frans de Boer
> To: bug-bash@gnu.org
> Subject: [ulimit and -e switch]
> 
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -pg -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='l
> inux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
> -DLOCALEDIR='/u
> sr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I.
> -I./include
>  -I./lib   -g -O2
> uname output: Linux servt1 2.6.19.2-SuSE9.3 #1 PREEMPT Tue Jan 23
> 00:25:19 CET 2
> 007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 9
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>         [Using ulimit -e <number> [-p] ID does not work.
> If used, the next line is printed:
> limit: usage: ulimit [-SHacdflmnpstuv] [limit]

Your system doesn't define RLIMIT_NICE, which bash uses to decide whether
or not to compile in the -e option.  It's not in the list of supported
options appearing in the usage message, which bash builds on the fly at
runtime based on what resource limits were defined when the binary was
compiled.

Chet

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