getdtablesize — get file descriptor limit
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Description
The getdtablesize() system call returns the maximum number of file descriptors that the current process
may open. The maximum file descriptor number that the system may assign is the return value minus one.
Existing file descriptor numbers may be higher if the limit was lowered after they were opened.
History
The getdtablesize() system call appeared in 4.2BSD.
Debian April 24, 2013 GETDTABLESIZE(2)
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Name
getdtablesize — get file descriptor limit
See Also
close(2), closefrom(2), dup(2), getrlimit(2), sysconf(3)
Synopsis
#include<unistd.h>intgetdtablesize(void);
