SIGXFSZ

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SIGXFSZ
Description File size limit exceeded (4.2BSD)
Default action Abnormal termination of the process
SA_SIGINFO macros
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On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGXFSZ is the signal thrown by computer programs that grow a file larger than the maximum allowed size. In source code, SIGXFSZ is a symbolic constant defined in the header file signal.h. Symbolic signal names are used because a signal's designated number can vary across platforms.

[edit] Etymology

SIG is a common prefix for signal names. XFSZ is an abbreviation for exceeded file size.

[edit] Usage

SIGXFSZ is sent to a process when it causes a file to grow larger than the maximum allowed size, as determined by the ulimit system call and shell builtin.


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