File descriptor size

[Kim_18]

I have a requirement for an application for the file descriptor size to be set to 1024 or greater, preferably unlimited.

What parameter is this and where is it set in hp-ux 11.11

Thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The parameters are maxfiles and maxfiles_lim which define the 'soft' and 'hard' limits subject, of course, to the global files limit, nfile.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

By the way, a ulimit -a command (under the POSIX shell) will display this limit.

[Brian Bergstrand]

If I understand you correctly, you want to use the shell's built in command 'ulimit'. man sh for more info. If you are using csh, then the syntax is a little different.

HTH.

[Kim_18]

Thanks

I thought that the maxfiles was what I was looking for but when the vendor said they prefered a setting of unlimited, it threw me off track. Thanks