open and read lots of files simutaneously

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul 31, 2000, Guoqiang Mao <G.Mao@cowan.edu.au> wrote:

> Due to the limit on the maximum number of files that can be opened. I
> cannot let each process open a file.  I wonder is there any other way in
> gcc to realize the above operation.

GCC just compiles your programs.  It is the operating system on which
your program runs that is imposing limitations on the number of open
files.  There's no way GCC can help.  If you're lucky, you can just
change some kernel parameter and get rid of the problem.

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