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From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: MMDF FILE table overflows in SCO UNIX 3.2.0
Keywords: mmdf mail sco
Message-ID: <7689@gollum.twg.com>
Date: 1 Aug 90 02:40:21 GMT
References: <104292@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Distribution: comp
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <104292@convex.convex.com> kemp@convex1.convex.com (Phil Kemp) writes:
> 7/25  8:47:02 /usr/l5815:  [SYSERR (23) File table overflow]  
>-cont.  err [ ABEND (LIO) ] Unable to pipe() in mm_pkinit()
>
>I have had the 'File table overflow' message on other ABENDS, I'm not
>just sure why.
>
>Anyone tell me what I have to do to fix this?

I don't think you can ..

There is an odd problem described as follows:

<  I can confirm this error .  I reported it a while back (I think?).
<The error is in lib/mmdf/ml_send.c in the ml_sender() function.
<When .signature is opened it is never closed.  This only gets
<you if you have a ~mmdf/.signature and you get error messages 
<generated by deliver (e.g. mail failures).  The solution is 
<to add a call to close() on the fd.

Of course since you probably don't have source you'll have a
hard time fixing it.  I don't know if that's the only place
where that problem exists (not closing pipes) ... but MMDF works
quite well on both BSD & SysV type machines ...

As near as I can tell from my records we fixed this in the Official
Source some time ago.  But it's in a place which will cause me to 
double check this problem when I get out from under this project
I'm currently buried under.


>
>Phil Kemp
>CONVEX Computer of Canada Ltd.
>Voice:(403)-233-2815
>UUCP:kemp@convex.com


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