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[Alexandr Malusek <Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Berge, Harry ten" <berge@xxxxxxx> writes:

> So, basically, I want the following:
> 
> I monitor application which keeps track of certain process. When the process
> uses more than a configurable amount, there will be warning or something
> like that.

A simple shell wrapper can do it, just define the function
do_something and process_too_big. See "man 5 proc" for the description
of the /proc FS (e.g. vsize).

#!/bin/bash
job & pid=$!   # start the process and remember its PID
while :; do
  if process_too_big /proc/$pid/status; then
    do_something
  fi
  sleep 1
done

It's just a skeleton some enhancements may be needed. Also consider
ulimit.

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