Re: [SLUG] Too many open files

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@illusionary.com)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 11:16:08 EDT


On 13 Aug 2001 05:14:16 -0700, Carson Wilcox wrote:
> I hope someone can help me with this.
> After upgrading to gcc 2.95.3 and glibc 2.2.3 on linux
> 2.2.10 I started getting an error on some compiles,
> "Too many open files".
>
> I have a feeling that this is a system setting
> somewhere but I dont' remember what it is.
>
> Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
> Carson

The simplest solution is do something like this on each bootup:

echo 16384 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max

But your system may have /etc/sysctl.conf that you can put a line like:

fs.file-max = 16384

to accomplish the same thing on each bootup automagically.

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