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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:21:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "reel@sympatico.ca" <reel@idemnia.ath.cx>
To: Myriam Askar <maskar@inktomi.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: RE: Set the number of descriptors
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> Now I have:
> ptest65# sysctl -a | grep maxfiles
> kern.maxfiles: 4000
> kern.maxfilesperproc: 4000
> But I still don't understand why when I type limit, I get a "descriptors
> 1064"
> ptest65# limit
> cputime         unlimited
> filesize        unlimited
> datasize        524288 kbytes
> stacksize       65536 kbytes
> coredumpsize    unlimited
> memoryuse       unlimited
> descriptors     1064
> memorylocked    unlimited
> maxproc         531
>
> What does this "descriptors" represent?
>
> Thanks again!
> Myriam

Well, when you give a look at the csh(1) manpage, it tells you somwhere:

  limit resource maximum-use
  limit -h resource maximum-use

    Limit the consumption by the current process and each pro-
    cess it creates to not individually exceed maximum-use on
    the specified resource. If no maximum-use is given, then
    the current limit is printed; if no resource is given, then
    all limitations are given.  If the -h flag is given, the
    hard limits are used instead of the current limits.

Maybe this could help if you tell me why you want to increase your number
of descriptors.

Have a nice day!

______________________
Felix-Antoine Paradis
reel@sympatico.ca
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