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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-bin@freefall.freebsd.org,
        joerg@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh builtins miscbltin.c sh.1
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>  Modified:    bin/sh    builtins miscbltin.c sh.1
>  Log:
>  Implement the "ulimit" builtin.  This is the analogon to csh's "limit"
>  command and badly needed in sh(1) for everybody who wants to modify
>  the system-wide limits from inside /etc/rc.
>  
>  The options are similar to other system's implemantations of this
>  command, with the FreeBSD additions for -m (memoryuse) and -p (max
>  processes) that are not available on other systems.

$bash help ulimit
	...
	-m	the maximum resident set size		# units of KB
	...
	-p	the pipe buffer size			# units of 512 bytes :-(
	...
	-u	the maximum number of user processes

Bruce