Extracted from Pike v7.4 release 35 at 2003-12-09.
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Process
Process.create_process

Class Process.create_process

Description

This is the recommended and most portable way to start processes in Pike. The process object is a pike abstraction of the running system process, with methods for various process housekeeping.


Constant limit_value

constant limit_value = int|array(int|string)|mapping(string:int|string)|string

Description

Each limit_value may be either of:

integer

sets current limit, max is left as it is.

mapping

([ "hard":int, "soft":int ]) Both values are optional, hard <= soft.

array

({ hard, soft }), both can be set to the string "unlimited". A value of -1 means 'keep the old value'.

string

The string "unlimited" sets both the hard and soft limit to unlimited