Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-dcd!hpfcls!rml From: rml@hpfcls.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Re: How do you increase the number o Message-ID: <132000005@hpfcls.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 18:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcls.132000005 Posted: Thu Jun 14 18:28:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 01:08:50 EDT References: <7396@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:umcp-cs:-739600:hpfcls:132000005:000:317 Nf-From: hpfcls!rml Jun 11 14:28:00 1984 Another dependency on 32 or less open files in the 4.xBSD is in select. This is relatively easy to change in the kernel, but can affect user code as well. Even a program which never has more than 20 open files can get in trouble if it passes NOFILE as its nfds parameter. Bob Lenk {hplabs, ihnp4}!hpfcla!rml