Finding The Number Of Open File Descriptors Per Process On Linux And Unix | Linux Today

Finding The Number Of Open File Descriptors Per Process On Linux And Unix

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 11, 2008

[ Thanks to Mike
Golvach
for this link. ]

“Today, we’re going to take a look at a fairly simple process
(no pun intended), but one that (perhaps) doesn’t come up enough in
our workaday environments that the answer comes to mind as
obviously as it should. How does one find the number of open file
descriptors being used by any given process?

“The question is a bit of a trick, in and of itself, since some
folks define ‘open file descriptors’ as the number of files any
given process has open at any given time. For our purposes, we’ll
be very strict, and make the (usually fairly large) distinction
between ‘files open’ and ‘open file descriptors…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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