On Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:03:00 BST you wrote:
> On Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:56:09 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:24:46 BST Dale wrote:
> > > Is this something I do on the command line or a setting is some file
> > > somewhere?  I don't even know where to start on this.  By the way, I'm
> > > maxed out at 32GBs of memory for this mobo.  So adding memory isn't a
> > > option.  Is there even a mobo that has a 64GB option??? :/
> > 
> > This may not help, but it may set you on the right track: man ulimit.
> > 
> > :)
> 
> I'm not sure how you can set a limit for a single application and any of its
> child processes with ulimit.  However, Control Groups (cgroups) can do this
> easily as long as it has been included in the kernel:
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/CGroups
> 
> Also, from what I recall at least some torrent applications can limit the
> amount of uploading connections and/or throughput - but I haven't used any
> for years now.

There is also prlimit which may be more appropriate for a single command?