Unix Tip: LIMIT THE SIZE OF DATA AREA

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Unix Tip 3261 - January 13, 2016

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LIMIT THE SIZE OF DATA AREA

You can limit the size of "data area"
using ulimit and limit.


Under sh or ksh:
$ ulimit -d SIZE_IN_KB

Displays all current resource limits
$ ulimit -a


under csh or tcsh:
$ limit datasize SIZE_IN_KB

Displays all current resource limits
$ limit


For example:
$ ulimit -d 141073
$ ulimit -a



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