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.\" @(#)getdtablesize.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd April 24, 2013
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.Dt GETDTABLESIZE 2
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm getdtablesize
.Nd get file descriptor limit
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
.Fn getdtablesize void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
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.Fn getdtablesize
system call returns the maximum number of file descriptors
that the current process may open.
The maximum file descriptor number that the system may assign
is the return value minus one.
Existing file descriptor numbers may be higher
if the limit was lowered after they were opened.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr close 2 ,
.Xr closefrom 2 ,
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.Xr dup 2 ,
.Xr getrlimit 2 ,
.Xr sysconf 2
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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getdtablesize
system call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .