Found the fix. In case somebody facing a similar issue, read instructions on this blog here
http://lj4newbies.blogspot.com/2007/04/too-many-open-files.html On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Karan Malhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Whenever I try to do the following: > mvn eclipse:eclipse -DdownloadSources=true -DdownloadJavadocs=true > > I always get the following error (too many files open): > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Cannot create settings file > > Embedded error: > /home/karan/projects/oss/openejb3/server/openejb-corba/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs > (Too many open files) > > My environment is as follows:- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/oss/openejb3$ uname -a > Linux jatt 2.6.24-20-generic #1 SMP Thu Jul 17 15:55:27 UTC 2008 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/oss/openejb3$ java -version > java version "1.5.0_15" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_15-b04) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.5.0_15-b04, mixed mode) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/oss/openejb3$ mvn -version > Maven version: 2.0.8 > Java version: 1.5.0_15 > OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.24-20-generic" arch: "amd64" Family: "unix" > > -- > Karan Singh Malhi > -- Karan Singh Malhi
