wrapper set_limits

gistfile1.sh

function set_limits() {
    # Set some limits to catch jobs which go crazy from killing nodes

    # 20GB limit for output size (block = 1K in bash)
    fsizelimit=$((20*1024*1024))
    echo Setting filesize limit to $fsizelimit
    ulimit -f $fsizelimit

    # Apply memory limit?
    memLimit=0
    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        if [ $1 == "-k" ]; then
            memLimit=$2
            shift $#
        else
            shift
        fi
    done
    if [ $memLimit == "0" ]; then
        echo No VMEM limit set
    else
        # Convert to kB
        memLimit=$(($memLimit*1000))
        echo Setting VMEM limit to ${memLimit}kB
        ulimit -v $memLimit
    fi
}