GETDTABLESIZE(3C) Standard C Library Functions GETDTABLESIZE(3C)

NAME

getdtablesize - get the file descriptor table size

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int getdtablesize(void);

DESCRIPTION

The getdtablesize() function is equivalent to getrlimit(2) with the
RLIMIT_NOFILE option.

RETURN VALUES

The getdtablesize() function returns the current soft limit as if
obtained from a call to getrlimit() with the RLIMIT_NOFILE option.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

USAGE

There is no direct relationship between the value returned by
getdtablesize() and OPEN_MAX defined in <limits.h>.


Each process has a file descriptor table which is guaranteed to have at
least 20 slots. The entries in the descriptor table are numbered with
small integers starting at 0. The getdtablesize() function returns the
current maximum size of this table by calling the getrlimit() function.

SEE ALSO

close(2), getrlimit(2), open(2), setrlimit(2), select(3C)

March 1, 1996 GETDTABLESIZE(3C)