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@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1996 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
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@@ -18,13 +17,14 @@
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 .\" Moved to man3, aeb, 980612
 .\"
-.TH ULIMIT 3 1998-06-12 "Linux 2.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ULIMIT 3 2015-03-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ulimit \- get and set user limits
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ ulimit \- get and set user limits
 .sp
 .BI "long ulimit(int " cmd ", long " newlimit );
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Warning: This routine is obsolete. The include file is no longer
-provided by glibc.  Use 
-.BR getrlimit (2), 
-.BR setrlimit (2) 
-and 
+Warning: This routine is obsolete.
+Use
+.BR getrlimit (2),
+.BR setrlimit (2),
+and
 .BR sysconf (3)
 instead.
 For the shell command
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ see
 
 The
 .BR ulimit ()
-call will get or set some limit for the current process.
+call will get or set some limit for the calling process.
 The
 .I cmd
 argument can have one of the following values.
 .TP
-.B UL_GETFSIZE 
+.B UL_GETFSIZE
 Return the limit on the size of a file, in units of 512 bytes.
 .TP
 .B UL_SETFSIZE
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Return the maximum possible address of the data segment.
 .B 4
 (Implemented but no symbolic constant provided.)
 Return the maximum number of files that the calling process can open.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR ulimit ()
 returns a nonnegative value.
@@ -74,10 +74,26 @@ is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
 .B EPERM
-A non-root process tried to increase a limit.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+A unprivileged process tried to increase a limit.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lb lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface      Attribute       Value
+T{
+.BR ulimit ()
+T}     Thread safety   MT-Safe
+.TE
+
+.SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+POSIX.1-2008 marks
+.BR ulimit ()
+as obsolete.
+.SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bash (1),
 .BR getrlimit (2),
 .BR setrlimit (2),