NAME¶

getdtablesize - get file descriptor table size

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <unistd.h>

int getdtablesize(void);

getdtablesize():

    Since glibc 2.20:


        _DEFAULT_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)


    glibc 2.12 to glibc 2.19:


        _BSD_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)


    Before glibc 2.12:


        _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

DESCRIPTION¶

getdtablesize() returns the maximum number of files a process can have open, one more than the largest possible value for a file descriptor.

RETURN VALUE¶

The current limit on the number of open files per process.

ERRORS¶

On Linux, getdtablesize() can return any of the errors described for getrlimit(2); see VERSIONS below.

ATTRIBUTES¶

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

VERSIONS¶

The glibc version of getdtablesize() calls getrlimit(2) and returns the current RLIMIT_NOFILE limit, or OPEN_MAX when that fails.

Portable applications should employ sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) instead of this call.

STANDARDS¶

None.

HISTORY¶

SVr4, 4.4BSD (first appeared in 4.2BSD).

SEE ALSO¶

close(2), dup(2), getrlimit(2), open(2)