[comp.unix.wizards] Increasing the number of file de

preece%mycroft@gswd-vms.arpa (03/17/87)

> 	It would be a fun bug to track down if somebody ported
> 	my stuff to system V and the programs were  loosing file descripters
> 	because the system was handing them descripters larger then
> 	31. Ha ha :-)
> 
> 			--Josh Siegel
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As I recall, 4.2 also used 5 bits for the file descriptor in an
important place, which is why changing the number was a problem.
In 4.3 this is fixed and the number of open fds is typically 64.

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scott preece
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