1GETDTABLESIZE(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual          GETDTABLESIZE(3)
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NAME

6       getdtablesize - get file descriptor table size
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <unistd.h>
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11       int getdtablesize(void);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       getdtablesize():
16           Since glibc 2.12:
17               /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
18                   || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
19                   || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)
20           Before glibc 2.12:
21               _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
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DESCRIPTION

24       getdtablesize()  returns the maximum number of files a process can have
25       open, one more than the largest possible value for a file descriptor.
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RETURN VALUE

28       The current limit on the number of open files per process.
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ERRORS

31       On Linux, getdtablesize() can return any of the  errors  described  for
32       getrlimit(2); see NOTES below.
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ATTRIBUTES

35       For   an   explanation   of   the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see
36       attributes(7).
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38       ┌────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
39       │Interface       │ Attribute     │ Value   │
40       ├────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
41       │getdtablesize() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
42       └────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

44       SVr4, 4.4BSD (the getdtablesize() function first appeared  in  4.2BSD).
45       It  is  not  specified  in POSIX.1; portable applications should employ
46       sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) instead of this call.
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NOTES

49       getdtablesize() is implemented as a libc library function.   The  glibc
50       version calls getrlimit(2) and returns the current RLIMIT_NOFILE limit,
51       or OPEN_MAX when that fails.
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SEE ALSO

54       close(2), dup(2), getrlimit(2), open(2)
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COLOPHON

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