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From: mr@racal-itd.co.uk (Martin Reed)
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Subject: Re: extending the max number of open files.
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 21 Jul 89 08:02:22 GMT
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Sorry, but you can't. At least, not under SunOS up to 4.0.1 (and probably
not under 4.0.3). Possibly under 4.1 (but not certain).  One way out
possibility is to purchase the DBM modified kernel from Sybase (the
database vendors). Not cheap, but gives you 256 fd's per process as a
side-effect.

regards,
        Martin Reed, Racal Imaging Systems Ltd
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