Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> soft or hard limits but not mentioned what's the current status. e.g. I
> know from RTFM that ulimit -n can control the maximum number of open
> file descriptors, but how do I know the exact number of open file
> descriptors on my system?
The sar(1) utility will report on the number of open file descriptors,
and lsof(1) will help you identify them if needed.

> Also -m control the maximum resident set size,
> well I yet didn't find a very clear explanation of resident set size, is
> it what shows up when I use 'free' or 'top'? And there is no 'resident
> set size' in /proc/meminfo too.
Don't know the answer to that one.

HTH

Ph. A.

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