Subject: the new version of the BSD::Resource 1.05 announcement
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email-masked]>
Date: 13 Apr 1997 15:11:57 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules

The module BSD::Resource has been updated to version 1.05.

The BSD::Resource gives an interface to the BSD process resource and
priority control functions

	getrusage()
	getrlimit()	setrlimit()
	getpriority()	setpriority()

Issues addressed in this release:

- portability
  (now: AIX, Digital UNIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS)
- 64-bit resource limits (Digital UNIX, FreeBSD, IRIX)
- object oriented interfaces added: $ru->stime
- more rlimits recognized if available (NPROC, MEMLOCK)
- get_rlimits() function to list all the available rlimits
- documentation enhancements

The new release is available from

http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/BSD/BSD-Resource-1.05.tar.gz	

Enjoy.

-- 
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