Is ulimit -v broken ?

sheldon newhouse (pokie@tcimet.net)
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 11:08:45 -0500 (EST)


When trying ulimit, I get

$ ulimit -h
ulimit: unknown option: h
ulimit: usage: ulimit [-SHacmdstfnpuv] [new limit]

$ ulimit -v 500
ulimit: cannot raise limit: Invalid argument

Is it broken, or do I have the syntax wrong?

TIA,

-sen