On Feb 7, 11:56 am, Cosmere Infahm <infinic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Probably an insufficiency unless demonstrated otherwise. Network > > errors happen, even on loopback devices. > > The return value is not being checked after the line > result = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t)file, flags); > in fs.c > > In my case the return value is -1 and errno is set to EMFILE ie I encounter > the Windows open file limit at the stream i/o level > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6e3b887c%28v=vs.100%29.aspx > > > C run-time I/O now supports many more open files on Win32 platforms than > > in previous versions. Up to 2,048 files can be open simultaneously at the > > lowio > > level <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/40bbyw78.aspx> (that is, > > opened and accessed by means of the _open, _read, _write, and so forth > > family of I/O functions). Up to 512 files can be open simultaneously at the > > stdio > > level <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c565h7xx.aspx> (that is, > > opened and accessed by means of the fopen, fgetc, fputc, and so forth > > family of functions). The limit of 512 open files at the stdio level can > > be increased to a maximum of 2,048 by means of the _setmaxstdio function. > > > Because stdio-level functions, such as fopen, are built on top of the > > lowio functions, the maximum of 2,048 is a hard upper limit for the > > number of simultaneously open files accessed through the C run-time library. > > How can apps avoid bumping into these limits? Can node automatically > increase this limit to the max allowed by the lowio level? Can node switch > to using Windows API alone?
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