Error in "help ulimit": missing unit info

[Carlo Teubner]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt 
-fexceptions         -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security   
      -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection         -fno-omit-frame-pointer 
-mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -g 
-ffile-prefix-map=/build/bash/src=/usr/src/debug/bash -flto=auto 
-DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin' 
-DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.bashrc' 
-DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
uname output: Linux lapdev 6.9.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 12 Jul 
2024 00:06:53 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 26
Release Status: release

Description:
        "help ulimit" includes this paragraph:

            Values are in 1024-byte increments, except for -t, which is in 
seconds,
            -p, which is in increments of 512 bytes, and -u, which is an 
unscaled
            number of processes.

        Whereas the relevant portion of "man bash" says this:

            Values are in 1024-byte increments, except for -t, which is in 
seconds;
             -R, which is in microseconds; -p, which is in units of 512-byte 
blocks;
             -P, -T, -b, -k, -n, and -u, which are unscaled values; and, when 
in posix
             mode, -c and -f, which are in 512-byte increments.

        Thus, "help ulimit" is incomplete and incorrect. For example, it 
implies that
        "ulimit -n" is in 1024-byte increments, when it is in fact an unscaled 
value.


Repeat-By:
        $ help ulimit
        Read the penultimate paragraph, and compare it with "man bash".

Fix:
        I would suggest copying the relevant text from "man bash" into the 
"help ulimit"
        text, as the former seems to be more correct (and hopefully entirely 
correct).