On Nov 6, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Jesus Cea wrote:

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> David Binger wrote:
>> I think the limit on the number of open files can be changed with
>> the setrlimit system call.
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> Or try "man ulimit" in your shell.

On OS X, "man ulimit" is not too helpful, but
"help ulimit" reveals all.