From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: zsh-workers-request@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA05330 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 03:47:27 +1100 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA02805; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 11:28:06 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 11:28:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611131628.RAA06320@hydra.ifh.de> X-Authentication-Warning: hydra.ifh.de: Host pws@localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: OPEN_MAX from sysconf In-reply-to: "Johan Danielsson"'s message of "13 Nov 1996 17:14:51 MET." Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:28:05 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"_5DiN.0.lh.GSVYo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2391 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Johan Danielsson wrote: > Peter Stephenson writes: > > > Phew, this is rather a mess when you look into the details. Here's > > the story. > > A lot better, but I assume that you can raise it to an arbitrary > limit. The solution we are really looking for is something better than > having to malloc(arbitrary number). You could have some maximum for the initial allocation for fdtable and get the stuff in utils.c to allocate more if it was necessary. I don't feel like more rewriting myself at the moment. -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +49 33762 77366 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77413 Deutches Electronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.