[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Is it safe to call setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, ..) from a library?
> > The code does
> > if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) == 0) {
> > rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max;
> > (void) setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl);
> > }
>
> No. Libraries should not have side effects like this.
Erm... depends on the type of library. libshell (which is ksh93 provided
as a shell) can generate such side-effects if someone uses the "ulimit"
builtin command.
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Roland
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