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Date:      Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:07:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:      CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
To:        luigi@vecom.com.br (Luiz Lins)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question
Message-ID:  <199806152107.RAA29418@lucy.bedford.net>
In-Reply-To: <35855960.D1F5F769@vecom.com.br> from Luiz Lins at "Jun 15, 98 02:26:56 pm"

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Luiz Lins wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> 	Newbie question:
> 
> 	What are file descriptors and how do I increase them?
> 
> 		Thanx in advance
> 
> 			Luiz Lins
> 		     <luigi@vecom.com.br>
> 
A file descriptor is an integer that refers to a file, i.e. what
is returned by the open(2) system call. (man 2 open).

Before increasing them, could you say how/why you are running out?

Dave
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