From: Sami Kerola Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:18:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: docs: anacron fix out dated information about open file limits X-Git-Tag: cronie1.4.10~6 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9196507bd30b12d44fd47ee82a35f7d0490c31c9;p=cronie docs: anacron fix out dated information about open file limits For quite a while open files limit has defaulted to 1024, but rather than informing what might be the number user should inspect value from own time. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola --- diff --git a/man/anacron.8 b/man/anacron.8 index 467e155..a8466a7 100644 --- a/man/anacron.8 +++ b/man/anacron.8 @@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ file. Anacron never removes timestamp files. Remove unused files manually. .PP Anacron uses up to two file descriptors for each active job. It may run -out of descriptors if there are more than about 125 active jobs (on -normal kernels). +out of descriptors if there are lots of active jobs. See +.B echo $(($(ulimit -n) / 2)) +for information how many concurent jobs anacron may run. .PP Mail comments, suggestions and bug reports to .MT shaleh@\:(debian.\:org|\:valinux.\:com)