Re: some problems with chpst again

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 05:03:07PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> To have chpst doing the same as `softlimit -a`, you need call it with
> the name softlimit:
>  # ln -s chpst /usr/local/bin/softlimit
>  # /usr/local/bin/softlimit -a ...

Are you serious here? :)
What has a name got to do with functionality?

> Ok, so your system does support RLIMIT_VMEM or RLIMIT_AS, I was afraid
> your `softlimit -a` was a no-op.
> 
> chpst -m x does the same as softlimit -m x (same as -d x -s x -l x -a x).
> So one of -d, -s, -l, causes the problem for you.

So what do I do now? Can I use chpst in my case or do I have to depend
on softlimit only?

With warm regards,
-Payal