limits bug in IRIX 3.3

[Kris Hampel]

Hi folks,
  Is this a bug in csh (or whatever controls process limits)?...

Try this:

% limit -h cputime 10
% limit -h cputime
 cputime  0:10
% limit -h cputime 1000
% limit -h cputime
 cputime  16:40

% limit -h cputime 10
% limit -h cputime
 cputime  0:10
% limit -h cputime 1001
 limit: cputime: Can't set hard limit

limit apparently lets you RAISE hard cputime limits provided that
you do not raise them by a factor greater than 100 in one go...
from csh(1) "Only the super-user may raise the hard limits..."

What we have is IRIX 3.3 running on a 4 processor 4/240s

cheers, Kris.


Kris Hampel,	Solid State Theory Group, Physics, Imperial College.
		=====> kris at sst.ph.ic.ac.uk <=====