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Old 03-12-2009
ulimit -a : nofiles ?

Hi folk,

I have a question..

$ ulimit -a
time(seconds) unlimited
file(blocks) unlimited
data(kbytes) 131072
stack(kbytes) 32768
memory(kbytes) unlimited
coredump(blocks) 2097151
nofiles(descriptors) 5000

What is the significance of nofiles(descriptors) ?


Appreciate your help.

Thanks
-VarunSmilie
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Old 03-12-2009
Number of file descriptors you can have open at one time.
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Old 03-13-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Number of file descriptors you can have open at one time.
Thanks for the reply.
Would you be able to describe it a little bit more.

I appreciate that.
Thanks
-VarunSmilie
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