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From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Maximum process stack size
Message-ID: <1454@tub.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 90 10:01:46 GMT
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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Is there a way for a program to determine the maximum stack size of a
process on systems that don't support getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK), such
as POSIX-, SVID-, or X/Open-systems?  ulimit(2) doesn't seem to have this
functionality.  If you don't know the general answer-- do you know if
and how this can be done under HP-UX?

If this functionality doesn't exist, does this mean the stack of a process
can grow indefinitely?

Thanks,
--
    Oliver Laumann, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
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