ulimit

Limit R memory on POSIX systems (Linux, OS X, …).

Installation

devtools::install_github("krlmlr/ulimit")

Usage

Execute the following to limit the memory available to R to 2000 MiB:

ulimit::memory_limit(2000)

See also the package documentation and the small vignette.

Help topics

• memory_limit
  Query and set memory limits
• ulimit-package(ulimit)
  Enforce memory limits on POSIX systems