From: Patrick Gundlach Date: 2004-07-30T02:06:48+09:00 Subject: Re: ulimit alike in ruby? Hello Thomas, > You could write an extension in C that calls the setrlimit function. > Have a look at pickaxe and the section named "Extending Ruby". That is what I did now. I always skipped this chapter of pickaxe 'cause I was too afraid of it :-). Thanks again for your suggestion. Patrick Thanks to David and Andrew for this nice book; I will buy a paper copy of it when the new edition comes out.