Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 12:03:02 GMT From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/5260: fork(2) typo Message-ID: <199712091203.MAA27341@sprite56.doc.ic.ac.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <199712091210.EAA27160@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5260
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: typo in fork(2)
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 9 04:10:02 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Niall Smart
>Organization:
None
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
>From the ERRORS section of the fork(2) page:
[EAGAIN] The user is not the super user, and the soft resource limit
corresponding to the resource parameter RLIMIT_NOFILE would be
exceeded (see getrlimit(2)).
Shouldn't RLIMIT_NOFILE read RLIMIT_NPROC?
Regards,
Niall.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 2 fork
>Fix:
*** fork.2~ Tue Dec 9 11:59:59 1997
--- fork.2 Tue Dec 9 12:00:30 1997
***************
*** 108,110 ****
the soft resource limit corresponding to the resource parameter
! .Dv RLIMIT_NOFILE
would be exceeded (see
--- 108,110 ----
the soft resource limit corresponding to the resource parameter
! .Dv RLIMIT_NPROC
would be exceeded (see
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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