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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031220105954.46326Q-100000@fledge.watson.org>, Robe
rt Watson writes:

>[...] so if we actually have a leak,
>fstat(8) should show a small number of files, but the sysctl
>kern.openfiles should reveal a large number of files open. 

sysctl kern.malloc | grep "file desc" ?

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