Module Name: src Committed By: jruoho Date: Fri Apr 30 05:09:23 UTC 2010
Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: ulimit.3 Log Message: Deprecated in POSIX (rev. 2008). To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.8 -r1.9 src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3 diff -u src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3:1.8 src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3:1.9 --- src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3:1.8 Wed Apr 30 13:10:50 2008 +++ src/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3 Fri Apr 30 05:09:23 2010 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: ulimit.3,v 1.8 2008/04/30 13:10:50 martin Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: ulimit.3,v 1.9 2010/04/30 05:09:23 jruoho Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 13, 1999 +.Dd April 30, 2010 .Dt ULIMIT 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ .Fn ulimit function will not change the setting of .Va errno . -.Pp -The -.Fn ulimit -function is an obsolete interface; applications are encouraged to use -.Xr getrlimit 2 -and -.Xr setrlimit 2 -instead. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the .Fn ulimit @@ -109,4 +101,19 @@ The .Fn ulimit function conforms to -.St -xsh5 . +.St -xsh5 +and +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +It was marked as obsolete in the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +revision, which recommended the use of +.Xr getrlimit 2 +and +.Xr setrlimit 2 +instead, noting that because +.Fn ulimit +uses the type +.Vt long +rather than +.Vt rlim_t , +it may not be sufficient for file sizes on many current systems.