bill@mousetrap.canton.mi.us (William S. Johnston) (03/17/90)
I have been getting a few "file: table is full" error when the system that feeds me USENET news calls. Normally I am running term with 4 windows open. Each running various file related applications. Question: Is there a way to reconfigure the kernal to allow for more files in the file table. This is a real problem for I really need to run those programs and a couple of them need to run 24 hours per day. Thanks and anxiously awaiting a reply...... Bill -- Wayne State University | bill@mousetrap.canton.mi.us | (snail mail) | Mac Electrical Engineering | bill@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us | P.O. Box 5364 | HP48 -----------------------|------------------------------| Plymouth, MI | A/UX I=Io(e^(qV/kT) - 1) |Amateur:n8hqg@wa8ooh.mi.us.na | 48170-5364 | Ham
liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts) (03/19/90)
In article <1990Mar17.044537.4082@mousetrap.canton.mi.us> bill@mousetrap.canton.mi.us (William S. Johnston) writes: >Question: Is there a way to reconfigure the kernal to allow for >more files in the file table? Yes, you use the kconfig utility to change the size of the file table. Lots of this sort of thing are adjustable under A/UX using kconfig - type "kconfig -va" to see the full list. Specifically, to set the file table size to 300 (for example), type kconfig -n /unix NFILE = 300 ^D You can also use += or -= to adjust the current value rather than just replacing it. This may not cure your problem however: if the problem is per-process file table sizes then that isn't adjustable (software which has only ever run on Suns may assume that you can open 40+ files in a single process). You should also check carefully to find out if your news feed is ignoring attempts to limit it to a sensible number of concurrent delivery attempts: if it wants to give you your daily 8 megabytes as N thousand simultaneous transfers then you'll have problems anyway! -- William Roberts ARPA: liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary & Westfield College UUCP: liam@qmw-cs.UUCP Mile End Road AppleLink: UK0087 LONDON, E1 4NS, UK Tel: 01-975 5250 (Fax: 01-980 6533)