Actually, there is such a limitation, which as merlyn duely noted is an OS limitation, but it can be handled rather readily with the perl module FileCache. The module is rather simple to use, and modifieng the code should take very little time. In fact, I'd say you could do it in a few minutes, yourself.

Note: FileChache does not actually change your systems filehandle limit, rather it proceeds to open and close filehandles allowing you to write to files :) You could probably modify your system's Kernel to be able to open more files as well.

Another Note: I'm pretty sure this module should come standard with perl, but can't guarantee that.
Gyan Kapur
gyan.kapur@rhhllp.com

In reply to (Revelation) Re: FIlehandle Limit by Revelation
in thread FIlehandle Limit by Anonymous Monk

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