diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/resource.h b/headers/posix/sys/resource.h
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+#ifndef _SYS_RESOURCE_H
+#define _SYS_RESOURCE_H
+/* 
+** Copyright 2002, Jeff Hamilton. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the NewOS License.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef unsigned long	rlim_t;
+
+struct rlimit {
+	rlim_t	rlim_cur;	// Current soft limit
+	rlim_t	rlim_max;	// System hard limit
+};
+
+#define RLIMIT_CORE		0
+#define RLIMIT_CPU		1
+#define	RLIMIT_DATA		2
+#define RLIMIT_FSIZE	3
+#define RLIMIT_NOFILE	4
+#define RLIMIT_STACK	5
+#define RLIMIT_AS		6
+#define RLIMIT_VMEM		7
+
+#define RLIM_INFINITY	(0xffffffffUL)
+
+int getrlimit(int resource, struct rlimit * rlp);
+int setrlimit(int resource, const struct rlimit * rlp);
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+struct rusage {
+	struct timeval ru_utime; // user time used
+	struct timeval ru_stime; // system time used
+};
+
+#define RUSAGE_SELF     0
+#define RUSAGE_CHILDREN -1
+
+int getrusage(int processes, struct rusage *rusage);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
+#endif