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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-09-09 12:09:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-09-09 12:09:56 +0200 |
| commit | c3e8ceb88371e4fa2b017e1b8ca6a2dca47dec2c (patch) | |
| tree | a16d2274cc4324066d3e6272e63c97926c4376fa /man5/proc.5 | |
| parent | f1e030a9c9f5cacf7a4a9b6a3959535386c74473 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-c3e8ceb88371e4fa2b017e1b8ca6a2dca47dec2c.tar.gz | |
proc.5: Note "open file description" as (better) synonym for "file handle"
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 58fe04b7e0..5e52b038cf 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -4459,6 +4459,7 @@ which can be used by a process to set the per-process limit, on the number of files it may open.) If you get lots of error messages in the kernel log about running out of file handles +(open file descriptions) (look for "VFS: file\-max limit <number> reached"), try increasing this value: .IP @@ -4477,7 +4478,8 @@ limit. .I /proc/sys/fs/file\-nr This (read-only) file contains three numbers: the number of allocated file handles -(i.e., the number of files presently opened); +(i.e., the number of open file descriptions; see +.BR open (2)); the number of free file handles; and the maximum number of file handles (i.e., the same value as .IR /proc/sys/fs/file\-max ). |