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Date:      Tue, 4 May 1999 17:50:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
To:        Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: File-Descriptors
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905041746480.81126-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <372EFA2D.B1FFCF19@qatar.net.qa>

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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Fadi Sodah wrote:

> how do i know how many file descriptors (FDs)=20
> i have on my machine, and how do i increase them?=20

sysctl kern.maxfiles

returns the maximal number of files that can be opened.

sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=3D2048

sets the limit to 2048 (e.g.).

Regards

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