nr_open

file: /proc/sys/fs/nr_open
variable: fs.nr_open
Official reference

This denotes the maximum number of file-handles a process can allocate. Default value is 1024*1024 (1048576) which should be enough for most machines. Actual limit depends on RLIMIT_NOFILE resource limit.

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Last update: 2018-12-09 18:93:01 UTC

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