From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 14:07:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA27938 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 14:07:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA27899 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 14:07:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29418; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:07:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806152107.RAA29418@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Question In-Reply-To: <35855960.D1F5F769@vecom.com.br> from Luiz Lins at "Jun 15, 98 02:26:56 pm" To: luigi@vecom.com.br (Luiz Lins) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:07:20 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Luiz Lins wrote: > Greetings, > > Newbie question: > > What are file descriptors and how do I increase them? > > Thanx in advance > > Luiz Lins > > A file descriptor is an integer that refers to a file, i.e. what is returned by the open(2) system call. (man 2 open). Before increasing them, could you say how/why you are running out? Dave -- http://www.microsoft.com/security: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message