Subject: Re: Max # of available file s descriptors
To: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
From: matthew green <mrg@mame.mu.Oz.Au>
List: current-users
Date: 09/19/1995 19:31:57 
   	That is the kernel limit for maximum number of files...
   	(I think the original question was for per process)
   	Anyway - as far as I know its 2048 per process...
   
   	To set the systemwide total number of files to a million
   	# sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=1000000
   	
   	To set the current processes limit
   	(electron /)164># limit descriptors
   	descriptors     64
   	(electron /)165># limit descriptors 10000
   	(electron /)166># limit descriptors
   	descriptors     2048
   
   	looks like it maxes out at 2048 to me! :)

i don't know what you're doing here, but, i get:


splode ~> limit descriptors
descriptors     256
splode ~> limit descriptors 2588
splode ~> limit descriptors
descriptors     2588

here.  (2588 is also kern.maxfiles).

.mrg.