SIGXFSZ
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| Description | File size limit exceeded (4.2BSD) |
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| Default action | Abnormal termination of the process |
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On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGXFSZ is the signal sent to a process when it grows 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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