Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cyclic.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!howland.erols.net!ais.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!192.108.254.3!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: ANNOUNCE: BSD::Resource 1.05 Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 11 Apr 1997 18:30:24 GMT Organization: IKI ry, Finland Lines: 28 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <5im000$2or$1@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:151 comp.lang.perl.modules:2339 The module BSD::Resource has been updated to version 1.05. Issues addressed in this release: - portability (now: AIX, Digital UNIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS) - 64-bit resource limits (Digital UNIX, FreeBSD, IRIX) - object oriented interfaces added: $ru->stime - more rlimits recognized (NPROC, MEMLOCK) - get_rlimits() function to list all the available rlimits - documentation enhancements The BSD::Resource gives an interface to the BSD process resource and priority control functions getrusage() getrlimit() setrlimit() getpriority() setpriority() Enjoy. -- $jhi++; # Jarkko Hietaniemi # To each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass, and a book of rules, # And each must make, ere life is flown, A stumbling-block or stepping-stone. .