Re: Problem with > 1024 file descriptors

[Matti Aarnio]

On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 06:24:32PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> I'm writing a server that will often have more than 1024
> file descriptors open.  That means that any code using
> stdio might fail, since stdio.h can't handle any
> fd's higher than 1024 on some systems.

        I don't know any which have a limit of 1024, but I do
        know couple, which limit their STDIO supported FDs
        into 0..127 or 0..255:
          SunOS 4.x:  signed char for fd -> 0..127
          Solaris *:  unsigned char for fd -> 0..255

        For that reason I looked for stdio replacement, and
        begun to use ATT Research SFIO at ZMailer.
        (OpenSSL BIOs were not eligible choice back then as
         they are too tightly bound into crypto stuff.)

> - Dan

/Matti Aarnio
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