getdtablesize

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get file descriptor table size

#include <unistd.h> int getdtablesize(void); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): getdtablesize(): Since glibc 2.20: _DEFAULT_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) glibc 2.12 to glibc 2.19: _BSD_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) Before glibc 2.12: _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

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

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
getdtablesize ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

VERSIONS

The glibc version of getdtablesize() calls getrlimit(2) and returns the current RLIMIT_NOFILE limit, or OPEN_MAX when that fails.

Portable applications should employ sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) instead of this call.

STANDARDS

None.

HISTORY

SVr4, 4.4BSD (first appeared in 4.2BSD).