You forgot to email to the list. On 2015-01-19 11:59, Andrea Turrini wrote:

2015-01-18 21:35 GMT+08:00 Carlos E. R. <>:

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On 2015-01-16 09:11, Andrea Turrini wrote:

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The problem of ulimit is that it limits the virtual memory, not the resident one,

Not true. ulimit is a bash internal command, so man ulimit explains it:

-m The maximum resident set size (many systems do not honor this limit)

The practical result is that it has no effect on the resident memory. And anyway I don't think that ulimit permits to limit the actual used memory.

I don't know (or remember) if "-m" works or not, but the option exists. I use "-v" to catch some applications prone to runaway (kbabel). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)