Its the theoritical value,the feasible value can be much less depending upon the capacity of your computer
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Gaurav Singh <gogi.no...@gmail.com> wrote: > @pacific > > I have the following answers to your questions : > 1. A process can open number of files equal to the maximum value of > available file descriptors. This value is fixed in unix based systems > generally. Like in linux I think maximum descriptor value is 256. So > that much number of files can be opened. > > 2. When a file is opened by any process, its single copy of inode > resides in the main memory. This contains a reference count field > showing the number of process refering to this file. So I think the > number of processes which cn open a given file is restricted by the > no. of bits in this field. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- Saurabh Singh B.Tech (Computer Science) MNNIT ALLAHABAD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
