Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 10:31:47 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: trig@netlink.co.uk (Christiaan Keet) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limit of number of open files for a process? Message-ID: <199604260101.KAA27133@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <m0uCVWR-000DlFC@netlink.co.uk> from "Christiaan Keet" at Apr 25, 96 07:12:06 pm
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Christiaan Keet stands accused of saying: > > Is there a limit to the number of open files that one process can have at > any one time? > > I'm just switching over to FreeBSD from Linux where I experienced this > problem in that it limits you to 256 open files per process :( > Can this limit be set in FreeBSD? And if so... what is the top limit? > > Thanks... any comments appreciated cain:~>sysctl -a | grep maxfile kern.maxfiles = 2088 kern.maxfilesperproc = 2088 If that's not enough, I'm fairly certain you can raise it without any great difficulty. > Christiaan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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