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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, December 30, 2002 3:34:34 am by PerryLorier
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, December 30, 2002 3:33:05 am by PerryLorier Revert
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 !!NOTES 
 getdtablesize(2) is implemented as a library function in DLL 4.4.1. This function returns __OPEN_MAX__ (set to 256 in Linux 2.0.23) if __OPEN_MAX__ was defined when the library was compiled. Otherwise, -1 is returned, and ''errno'' is set to [ENOSYS]. 
  
-A process under linux may open far more file descriptors than 256 however. 
+A process under linux may open far more file descriptors than 256 however. To get even more file descriptors you have to tweak the system wide maximums with  
+ /proc/sys/net/file-max  
+  
  
 !!CONFORMING TO 
 SVr4, 4.4BSD (the getdtablesize(2) function first appeared in BSD 4.2). 
  
 !!SEE ALSO 
 close(2), dup(2), open(2) 
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