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From: trig@netlink.co.uk (Christiaan Keet)
Subject: Limit of number of open files for a process?
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:12:06 +0100 (BST)
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Is there a limit to the number of open files that one process can have at
any one time?

I'm just switching over to FreeBSD from Linux where I experienced this
problem in that it limits you to 256 open files per process :(
Can this limit be set in FreeBSD? And if so... what is the top limit?

Thanks... any comments appreciated

Christiaan