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Strange and Interesting System Calls
ENFILE, Too many open files in system

This error occurs when the system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
open(pathname = "example", flags = O_RDONLY) failed, Too many open files in system (23, ENFILE) because the system limit on the total number of open files has been reached (335657)




libexplain/buffer/enfile.c