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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-10-22 14:18:23 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-10-22 14:18:23 (GMT)
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Clarify that the resource module does not attempt to mask platform
differences by defining symbols not defined on particular platforms. This closes SF bug #473433.
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@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ used by \C{} programs.
The \UNIX{} man page for \manpage{getrlimit}{2} lists the available
resources. Note that not all systems use the same symbol or same
-value to denote the same resource.
+value to denote the same resource. This module does not attempt to
+mask platform differences --- symbols not defined for a platform will
+not be available from this module on that platform.
\begin{datadesc}{RLIMIT_CORE}
The maximum size (in bytes) of a core file that the current process