Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Chris Humphres <chumphre@ee.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: Too many open files?
Organization: Duke University
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 12:21:29 -0400
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Hi,

Every process requires open file descripters.  Most machines have
a set limit on the number of open fd's a user may have.  If you
really need this many processes on one machine, check with your
sysadmin to see if the limit can be increased.

Good Luck!

Chris



Kung-Jeng Wang wrote:
> 
> Hi, Everyone,
> 
> If I spawn too many processes in a HP 715/64 machine (such as 30
> processes simultanously), there occurs a spawning problem. In the
> /tmp/pvml.xxxx file, it shows:
> 
>       [t80040000] forkexec() pipe: Too many open files
> 
> Any help/ suggestion will be very appreciated.
> 
> Kung-Jeng Wang
> 
> UW-Madison
> IE dept
> kung-jen@cae.wisc.edu

