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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 8cb1eb364ae..6afdd9c9637 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.85 2001/09/23 21:52:36 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.86 2001/09/30 18:57:45 tgl Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -1219,6 +1219,26 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir' </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><varname>MAX_FILES_PER_PROCESS</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Sets the maximum number of simultaneously open files in each server + process. The default is 1000. The limit actually used by the code + is the smaller of this setting and the result of + <literal>sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)</literal>. + Therefore, on systems where sysconf returns a reasonable limit, + you don't need to worry about this setting. But on some platforms + (notably, most BSD systems), sysconf returns a value that is much + larger than the system can really support when a large number of + processes all try to open that many files. If you find yourself + seeing <quote>Too many open files</> failures, try reducing this + setting. + This option can only be set at server start. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><varname>MAX_FSM_RELATIONS</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term> <listitem> <para> |