Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!qiclab.scn.rain.com!nntp.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: the new version of the BSD::Resource 1.05 announcement Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 13 Apr 1997 15:11:57 GMT Organization: IKI ry, Finland Lines: 32 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <5iqt3t$7nj$1@nadine.teleport.com> Reply-To: jhi@iki.fi 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:152 comp.lang.perl.modules:2353 The module BSD::Resource has been updated to version 1.05. The BSD::Resource gives an interface to the BSD process resource and priority control functions getrusage() getrlimit() setrlimit() getpriority() setpriority() 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 if available (NPROC, MEMLOCK) - get_rlimits() function to list all the available rlimits - documentation enhancements The new release is available from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/BSD/BSD-Resource-1.05.tar.gz 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. .