Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:04:20 -0500 (EST) | From | David Schwartz <> | Subject | Re: How to increat max open files? |
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On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Marko Sepp wrote:
> Try editing the /usr/include/linux/limits.h, simply change the value for > open files and recompile the kernel. > > Marko
That's not very good advice.
Changing that value will cause programs that currently work fine to break as they call 'getrlimit', get a larger number than before, and assume they can safely select on that number of file descriptors. Of course they can't because they were compiled with a smaller fd set size.
The right way to increase your linux files-per-process is widely available and anyone who wants it can request a copy from me by email. But still I'd love to see this done right in the release version of the kernel.
DS
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