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authorJim Meyering2011-11-17 08:44:48 +0100
committerKarel Zak2011-11-23 12:52:36 +0100
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treec87a0e8b1679012bfb8ec11d4aeaf9ed3079a80d /sys-utils
parentprlimit: add support for executing a command (diff)
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prlimit: s/amount/number/
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils')
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/prlimit.118
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/prlimit.c10
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
index 6b912144c..262319953 100644
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.1
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ infinity limit (RLIM_INFINITY), the -1 or 'unlimited' string can be passed.
Because of the nature of limits, the soft value must be lower or equal to the
high limit. To see all the available resource limits, refer to the RESOURCE
-OPTIONS section.
+OPTIONS section.
.IP "\fB<soft>:<hard>\fP Specify both limits"
.IP "\fB<soft>:\fP Specify only the soft limit"
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ Maximum nice priority allowed to raise.
.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-fsize\fP[=limits]"
Maximum file size.
.IP "\fB\-i, \-\-sigpending\fP[=limits]"
-Maximum amount of pending signals.
+Maximum number of pending signals.
.IP "\fB\-l, \-\-memlock\fP[=limits]"
Maximum locked-in-memory address space.
.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-rss\fP[=limits]"
Maximum Resident Set Size (RSS).
.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-nofile\fP[=limits]"
-Maximum amount of open files.
+Maximum number of open files.
.IP "\fB\-q, \-\-msgqueue\fP[=limits]"
-Maximum amount of bytes in POSIX message queues.
+Maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues.
.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-rtprio\fP[=limits]"
Maximum real-time priority.
.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-stack\fP[=limits]"
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ Maximum size of the stack.
.IP "\fB\-t, \-\-cpu\fP[=limits]"
CPU time, in seconds.
.IP "\fB\-u, \-\-nproc\fP[=limits]"
-Maximum amount of processes.
+Maximum number of processes.
.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-as\fP[=limits]"
Address space limit.
.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-locks\fP[=limits]"
-Maximum amount of file locks held.
+Maximum number of file locks held.
.IP "\fB\-y, \-\-rttime\fP[=limits]"
Timeout for real-time tasks.
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ Timeout for real-time tasks.
.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134\fP"
Display limit values for all current resources.
.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134 \--rss --nofile=1024:4095\fP"
-Display the limits of the RSS and set the soft and hard limits for the amount
+Display the limits of the RSS and set the soft and hard limits for the number
of open files to 1024 and 4095, respectively.
.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid 13134 --nproc=512:\fP"
-Modify only the soft limit for the amount of processes.
+Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes.
.IP "\fBprlimit \-\-pid $$ --nproc=unlimited\fP"
-Set the amount of processes for both soft and ceiling values to unlimited.
+Set the number of processes for both soft and ceiling values to unlimited.
.IP "\fBprlimit --cpu=10 sort -u hugefile\fP"
Set the soft and hard CPU time limit and run 'sort'.
diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.c b/sys-utils/prlimit.c
index 846695b5a..ae5453bbd 100644
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.c
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.c
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ static struct prlimit_desc prlimit_desc[] =
[CPU] = { "CPU", N_("CPU time"), N_("seconds"), RLIMIT_CPU },
[DATA] = { "DATA", N_("max data size"), N_("bytes"), RLIMIT_DATA },
[FSIZE] = { "FSIZE", N_("max file size"), N_("blocks"), RLIMIT_FSIZE },
- [LOCKS] = { "LOCKS", N_("max amount of file locks held"), NULL, RLIMIT_LOCKS },
+ [LOCKS] = { "LOCKS", N_("max number of file locks held"), NULL, RLIMIT_LOCKS },
[MEMLOCK] = { "MEMLOCK", N_("max locked-in-memory address space"), N_("bytes"), RLIMIT_MEMLOCK },
[MSGQUEUE] = { "MSGQUEUE", N_("max bytes in POSIX mqueues"), N_("bytes"), RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE },
[NICE] = { "NICE", N_("max nice prio allowed to raise"), NULL, RLIMIT_NICE },
- [NOFILE] = { "NOFILE", N_("max amount of open files"), NULL, RLIMIT_NOFILE },
+ [NOFILE] = { "NOFILE", N_("max number of open files"), NULL, RLIMIT_NOFILE },
[NPROC] = { "NPROC", N_("max number of processes"), NULL, RLIMIT_NPROC },
[RSS] = { "RSS", N_("max resident set size"), N_("pages"), RLIMIT_RSS },
[RTPRIO] = { "RTPRIO", N_("max real-time priority"), NULL, RLIMIT_RTPRIO },
[RTTIME] = { "RTTIME", N_("timeout for real-time tasks"), N_("microsecs"), RLIMIT_RTTIME },
- [SIGPENDING] = { "SIGPENDING", N_("max amount of pending signals"), NULL, RLIMIT_SIGPENDING },
+ [SIGPENDING] = { "SIGPENDING", N_("max number of pending signals"), NULL, RLIMIT_SIGPENDING },
[STACK] = { "STACK", N_("max stack size"), N_("bytes"), RLIMIT_STACK }
};
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
" -d, --data maximum size of a process's data segment\n"
" -e, --nice maximum nice priority allowed to raise\n"
" -f, --fsize maximum size of files written by the process\n"
- " -i, --sigpending maximum amount of pending signals\n"
+ " -i, --sigpending maximum number of pending signals\n"
" -l, --memlock maximum size a process may lock into memory\n"
" -m, --rss maximum resident set size\n"
- " -n, --nofile maximum amount of open files\n"
+ " -n, --nofile maximum number of open files\n"
" -q, --msgqueue maximum bytes in POSIX message queues\n"
" -r, --rtprio maximum real-time scheduling priority\n"
" -s, --stack maximum stack size\n"