Subject: Re: stuck with filled vnode table
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/02/1999 07:38:17
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Christos Zoulas wrote:

: >/usr/bin/nm: atexit.o: Too many open files in system

: >any clue on whats wrong?
: 
: Yeah, binutils or ar/nm is not good about closing open files. I've noticed that
: too. Someone needs to look at this.

Uh, files get closed when a process exits.  I'd like to know how the
*system* file table gets filled by a userland process, even one that opens a
lot of files.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)