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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2002-05-10 09:52:25 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2002-05-10 09:52:25 +0000
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users/4951: make ulimit documentation clearer
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-05-10  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* users/4951: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo: make it clearer that ulimit
+	defaults to soft limits.
+
 2002-05-08  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
 	* 17102: Src/Modules/tcp.c: looking up TCP sessions by fd returned
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
index dadbbbca5..db7a65a2d 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
@@ -1281,7 +1281,8 @@ cindex(limits, resource)
 item(tt(ulimit) [ tt(-SHacdflmnpstv) [ var(limit) ] ... ])(
 Set or display resource limits of the shell and the processes started by
 the shell.  The value of var(limit) can be a number in the unit specified
-below or the value `tt(unlimited)'.  If the tt(-H) flag is given use
+below or the value `tt(unlimited)'.  By default, only soft limits are
+manipulated. If the tt(-H) flag is given use
 hard limits instead of soft limits.  If the tt(-S) flag is given
 together with the tt(-H) flag set both hard and soft limits.  If no
 options are used, the file size limit (tt(-f)) is assumed.  If