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From: hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: File descriptors open info
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One of my users asks:

	Hurf,

	is there a Unix system call (or some other method) for
	finding out how many file descriptors a process has
	open?

I can't seem to find anything readily available - the kernal
must keep this info as part of the per process stats. My 
man -k doesn't come up with anything and some other rooting
around was similarly fruitless.  I have seen some monitor
programs have these stats but how do you access it. I would
be interested in info on any version of unix - our specific
environments are risc-Ultrix 4.xx and HP-UX 7.xx


Thanks,
hurf


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