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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)
 .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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@@ -21,10 +20,11 @@
 .\"
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
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-.TH ULIMIT 3 1998-06-12 "Linux" "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
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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.
@@ -64,20 +64,36 @@ 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 non-negative value.
+returns a nonnegative value.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
 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),