[GRASS-dev] rast_open_new() saturates after opening 127 temporary files

[Yann Chemin]

ah yes i am using G7 trunk

On 29 May 2013 08:04, Yann Chemin <ychemin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Linux: Ubuntu 13.04
> ulimit: open files                      (-n) 1024
>
>
> from : http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/317369/setting-limits-ulimit
>
> -n     The maximum number of open file descriptors (most systems
>        do not allow this value to be set)
>
> indeed:
> ulimit -n unlimited
> bash: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
>
> Yann
>
> On 29 May 2013 01:34, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yann Chemin wrote:
>>
>>> Opening 127 temporary raster files is the limit of GRASS,
>>>
>>> How can I get above that limit?
>>
>> You need to provide more information: version, OS, any error or debug
>> messages generated.
>>
>> I don't have this problem with 7.0 on Linux.
>>
>> But first, check that it isn't an OS issue. "ulimit -n" reports the
>> maximum number of open files (in 7.0, you need two per map). Also,
>> each completed raster needs a subdirectory within the cell_misc
>> directory, and some filesystems impose a limit on the number of
>> subdirectories (often much lower than the limit on the number of
>> files).
>>
>> --
>> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
>
>
>
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