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> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard B Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
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> Richard> But... The 'standard' way is:
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> Richard> fd = open("/", O_RDONLY);
> Richard> while (fd >= 0) (void)close(fd--);
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> Would this not be more accurate:
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> struct rlimit *rlim;
> if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, rlim)) { /* error */ }
> fd = rlim->rlim_cur;
> while (fd >=0 ) (void)close(fd--);
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> Hmmm. Should calling setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, (struct rlimit *)NULL)
> close all open files? It of course doesn't, but should it?
>
You bring up an interesting point for which I have no answer.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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