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

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:34 AM, 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

See also here:

http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Large_raster_data_processing#Number_of_open_files_limitation

Markus