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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: shell file descriptor programming (was: Unlinked temp files)
Message-ID: <8501@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 21 May 89 04:37:05 GMT
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Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
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>[Eduardo Krell]

>The ksh configuration scripts determine how many file descriptors
>your system supports (by running a test program which does dup()'s until
>it fails) and creates a configuration header file which is used to
>compile ksh.

Does this mean something nasty will happen if NOFILES is tuned lower
after the compile - or on a system that receives a binary distribution?


Les Mikesell