From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24869 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:39 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Apr 2005 07:14:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 59004 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:32 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Apr 2005 07:14:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 10999 invoked by alias); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8713 Received: (qmail 10982 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:23 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Apr 2005 07:14:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 58066 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:23 -0000 Received: from imap.gmx.net (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 Apr 2005 07:14:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 2398 invoked by uid 0); 20 Apr 2005 07:14:16 -0000 Received: from 217.84.143.185 by www21.gmx.net with HTTP; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:14:16 +0200 (MEST) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:14:16 +0200 (MEST) From: "Heinrich Goetzger" To: Zsh Users MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20050419212618.GB5776@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> Subject: Re: ulimit -n to small X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #286618 Message-ID: <22607.1113981256@www21.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 > Heinrich Goetzger, April 19: > > > > > I need a value for file descriptors > 5000 for some java > > > > application. > > > > No help at all, but, seriously, what application needs more than > > > five thousand files open at the same time?, > > > This is the "Acrobat Viewer Bean" [1] it scans the files in > > /usr/share/fonts for some reason. I'm evaluating this application > > right now. > > Shouldn't it close the files after it has finished scanning them? > Perhaps the Java GC isn't freeing stuff correctly? It should, probably, but due to a lack of source code access I can not check what's goning on, probably there is a simple close missing. Haven't found anything else yet. > > > Just try: 'find /usr/share/fonts/ | wc -l' it gives me 4992 which can > > Wow, 4992 files in your fonts directory? That's quite a bunch, :-) This is on a gentoo box where you can easily emerge lots of fonts. Viva la emerge ;-) Cheers Heinrich -- +++ GMX - Die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ 1 GB Mailbox bereits in GMX FreeMail http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail