running out of file descriptors using POE (code)

deprecated has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm writing a napster server in perl using POE. I keep running out of files at around 256. I know how I would increase this in the C based napster server, does anyone know how I can do this in perl?

Thanks
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Re: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by archimago (Pilgrim) on Dec 07, 2001 at 03:07 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use POE::Me; use Lawyer::Bot; use RIAA::Magnet; if ($file_descriptors < $num_cease_desist_letters) { foreach my $lawyer (@firm) { $lawyer_fee = ($file_descriptors * $num_cease_desist_letters) +* 24 * 7 * 365); } system("rm -rf $wallet") && die; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by sybase (Novice) on Dec 07, 2001 at 07:55 UTC
nice.. us monks always appreciate smartass code.. =) -- SyBase	[reply]
Re: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by jaldhar (Vicar) on Dec 07, 2001 at 03:08 UTC
I'm assuming you're running some sort of UNIX here. There's a CPAN module BSD::Resource that allows perl to access the setrlimit(2) system call. This can be used to increase the number of file descriptors your process can open.	[reply]
Re (tilly) 1: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 07, 2001 at 09:26 UTC
FileCache	[reply]
Re: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by DrManhattan (Chaplain) on Dec 08, 2001 at 20:23 UTC
What operating system are you running? Most OS's allow you to redefine resource limits on the fly. It's possible you're running into a hard limit though, and you'll have to recompile your kernel to adjust it. -Matt	[reply]
Re: running out of file descriptors using POE (code) by NicS (Scribe) on Dec 09, 2001 at 06:51 UTC
You could try using ulimit -n to set this value higher before starting the perl script. That is assuming perl doesn't play around with this limit using setrlimit(2), this I am not sure of.... -- Nic	[reply]


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