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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libresource.tex b/Doc/lib/libresource.tex index 1d70e9e..5e6f109 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libresource.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libresource.tex @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ \section{\module{resource} --- - Resource usage information.} -\declaremodule{builtin}{resource} + Resource usage information} +\declaremodule{builtin}{resource} + \platform{UNIX} +\modulesynopsis{An interface to provide resource usage information on + the current process.} +\moduleauthor{Jeremy Hylton}{jhylton@cnri.reston.va.us} +\sectionauthor{Jeremy Hylton}{jhylton@cnri.reston.va.us} -\modulesynopsis{An interface to provide resource usage information on the current -process.} This module provides basic mechanisms for measuring and controlling system resources utilized by a program. @@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ value to denote the same resource. \begin{datadesc}{RLIMIT_CPU} The maximum amount of CPU time (in seconds) that a process can use. If this limit is exceeded, a \constant{SIGXCPU} signal is sent to - the process. (See the \module{signal} module documentation for + the process. (See the \refmodule{signal} module documentation for information about how to catch this signal and do something useful, e.g. flush open files to disk.) \end{datadesc} @@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ These functiona are used to retrieve resource usage information: This function returns a large tuple that describes the resources consumed by either the current process or its children, as specified by the \var{who} parameter. The \var{who} parameter should be - specified using one of the \code{RUSAGE_*} constants described + specified using one of the \constant{RUSAGE_*} constants described below. The elements of the return value each @@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ These functiona are used to retrieve resource usage information: bytes. \end{funcdesc} -The following \code{RUSAGE_*} symbols are passed to the +The following \constant{RUSAGE_*} symbols are passed to the \function{getrusage()} function to specify which processes information should be provided for. |