Isn't this the kind place where you have to re-compile it, setting
FD_SETSIZE to something bigger, like 4096, then add at the start of the
code 

#ifdef POSIX
  getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);

  rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max;

  setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);

  printf("Max open file's: %d\n", getdtablesize());

#endif

and you should end up with something like:

Max open file's: 3404


Which is the hard kernel limit, if you need to go beyond that, you need
to re-compile the kernel (? or maybe a sysctl thing)

Lund


Erik Huizing wrote:
> 
> Thanks. I've upped the limit of descriptors to 1000, but can only get 252
> sockets still.
> 
> The first rule of Fight Club is You Do Not Talk About Fight Club.
> 
> // Erik Huizing   huizing@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
> // www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~huizing
> 
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> 
> > > Is there any way I can increase the number of open files a process can
> > > have?
> >
> > limit built-in command for csh users, and ulimit built-in for sh/ksh
> > users.
> >
> > --
> > Emmanuel Dreyfus.
> > Avec Windows 3.1 ils etaient au bord du gouffre...
> > Avec Windows 95 ils ont fait un grand bon en avant.
> > p99dreyf@criens.u-psud.fr
> >




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