Re: Too many open files 99 01:08:26 pm

From: Edoardo Spelta (espelta@goemon.polito.it)
Date: 01/23/99


>
>  Hey all..
>
>  Has anyone ever gotten the message "Too many open files" while running their
> mud?  Check this out:
>
> Sat Jan 23 12:42:10 :: Zarf [205.134.245.162] has connected.
> Sat Jan 23 12:42:11 :: Leto [209.179.043.171] has connected.
> SYSERR: READING OBJECT FILE plrobjs/U-Z/zarf.objs (5): Too many open     files
> Sat Jan 23 12:42:13 :: Zarf entering game with no equipment.
> error opening output file: Too many open files
> [lint@chimera log]$
>
> When more than two people log on, the mud dies with this message. Is it
> possible that the machine I'm running the mud on limits the number of open
> files I can have?  This is getting to be a HUGE problem here, and any help
> would be greatly appreciated.
Check the code dealing with new connections, or people entering the mud, you
may just have forgotten to close file handlers .
At least thatr's what happened to me.


>
>  Cheers,
>  Chris R.
>
> "The Truth Against the World..."
>
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