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Subject: Re: Increasing the number of file de
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Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 02:31:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 17 02:31:04 1987
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> 	It would be a fun bug to track down if somebody ported
> 	my stuff to system V and the programs were  loosing file descripters
> 	because the system was handing them descripters larger then
> 	31. Ha ha :-)
> 
> 			--Josh Siegel
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As I recall, 4.2 also used 5 bits for the file descriptor in an
important place, which is why changing the number was a problem.
In 4.3 this is fixed and the number of open fds is typically 64.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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