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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-09-09 12:09:56 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-09-09 12:09:56 +0200
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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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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 ).