Hi,
As, i was running a code made using tcl,which opens a file in 'write' mode and after editing/adding prints in it i was closing the file pointer and this entire code is in while loop.

I was facing an error as 'too many files open'

can one help...!!!

Hi,

I think this problem arrise may be you exceeded the maximum number of filed to be opened,

you just increase the limit and execute.


You must exit and re-login from your terminal for the change to take effect.


Make sure that when you type as root the command ulimit -a on your terminal, it shows unlimited next to max user processes.

You may also do ulimit -u unlimited at the command prompt instead of adding it to the /root/.bashrc file.

To increases the number of open files to 60000 for the root account do the following: Edit the .bashrc file vi /root/.bashrc and add the following line:


You must exit from your terminal and re-login for the change to take effect.


Make sure that when you type as root the command ulimit -a on your terminal, it shows 60000 next to open files.

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isn't that limit there to STOP a fork bomb !

why not close some of the open files . Or risk locking up the cpu .

Hi anishkumarv Thanks for your reply...

it was helpful...

Hi manikumar086,

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