NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getdtablesize - get descriptor table size

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     getdtablesize(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Each process has a fixed size  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 call getdtablesize()
returns the
     size of this table.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     close(2), dup(2), getrlimit(2), open(2), select(2), setrlimit(2),
     sysconf(3), sysctl(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getdtablesize() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD     3.6                          March      10,      1991