Mon Mar 18 22:54:32 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
[glibc.git] / sysdeps / unix / sysv / linux / ulimit.c
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19 #include <ansidecl.h>
20 #include <sysdep.h>
21 #include <sys/resource.h>
22 #include <unistd.h>
23 #include <errno.h>
25 /* Function depends on CMD:
26 1 = Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes.
27 2 = Set the limit on the size of a file to NEWLIMIT. Only the
28 super-user can increase the limit.
29 3 = illegal due to shared libraries; normally is
30 (Return the maximum possible address of the data segment.)
31 4 = Return the maximum number of files that the calling process
32 can open.
33 Returns -1 on errors. */
34 long int
35 __ulimit (cmd, newlimit)
36 int cmd;
37 long int newlimit;
39 int status;
41 switch (cmd)
43 case 1:
45 /* Get limit on file size. */
46 struct rlimit fsize;
48 status = getrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &fsize);
49 if (status < 0)
50 return -1;
52 /* Convert from bytes to 512 byte units. */
53 return fsize.rlim_cur / 512;
55 case 2:
56 /* Set limit on file size. */
58 struct rlimit fsize;
59 fsize.rlim_cur = newlimit * 512;
60 fsize.rlim_max = newlimit * 512;
62 return setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &fsize);
64 case 4:
65 return sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
67 default:
68 errno = EINVAL;
69 return -1;
73 weak_alias (__ulimit, ulimit);