| Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 866 at 2016-04-05.

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Process
Process.create_process

# 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