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From: rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: shell file descriptor programming (was: Unlinked temp files)
Message-ID: <5980050@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 24 May 89 20:30:33 GMT
References: <10944@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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>	1) compile the number in;
>
>	2) fetch it with "getdtablesize" (BSD4.2 and later);
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>	3) fetch it with "ulimit(4, 0L)" (S5R3.0 and later).

	4) fetch it with "sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)" (POSIX)

		Bob Lenk
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