On Jun 30, 2011, at 1:33 PM, James Merkel wrote: > We find from Kernighan and Ritchie (K&R) second edition, section 8.1 that a > file descriptor is a small non-negative integer that refers to a file and is > maintained by the system.
Actually file descriptors are used for any sort of I/O channel, including the default stdin/stdout/stderr streams, network sockets, IPC connections, and more. Running out of them is less uncommon than you’d think, so it’s a good idea to close unneeded ones ASAP. —Jens _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
