#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct rlimit limit;
limit.rlim_cur = 65535;
limit.rlim_max = 65535;
if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit) != 0) {
printf("setrlimit() failed with errno=%d\n", errno);
return 1;
}
/* Get max number of files. */
if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit) != 0) {
printf("getrlimit() failed with errno=%d\n", errno);
return 1;
}
printf("The soft limit is %llu\n", limit.rlim_cur);
printf("The hard limit is %llu\n", limit.rlim_max);
/* Also children will be affected: */
system("bash -c 'ulimit -a'");
return 0;
}