GETDTABLESIZE

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: June 28, 1985
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NAME

getdtablesize - get descriptor table size  

SYNOPSIS

nfds = getdtablesize()
int nfds;
 

DESCRIPTION

Each process has a fixed size descriptor table, which is guaranteed to have at least 20 slots. The entries in the descriptor table are numbered with small integers starting at 0. The call getdtablesize returns the size of this table.  

SEE ALSO

close(2), dup(2), open(2), select(2)


 

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