Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 866 at 2016-11-06.
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Process
Process.create_process

Methods
 create()
 kill()
 last_signal()
 pid()
 set_priority()
 status()
 wait()
previousProcess.TraceProcess()->wait()
Process.create_process()->create()next

Class Process.create_process

Description

This is the recommended and most portable way to start processes in Pike. The process object is a pike abstraction of the running system process, with methods for various process housekeeping.

See also

Process

Constant limit_value

constant Process.create_process.limit_value

Description

Each limit_value may be either of:

integer

sets current limit, max is left as it is.

mapping

([ "hard":int, "soft":int ]) Both values are optional, hard <= soft.

array

({ hard, soft }), both can be set to the string "unlimited". A value of -1 means 'keep the old value'.

string

The string "unlimited" sets both the hard and soft limit to unlimited