Too many open files for this process

List Hi,

I am using the command "touch"  [CHGVAR     VAR(&COMMAND) VALUE('touch -C 819' 
|> &PATH)  followed by QSH  CMD(&COMMAND ]
to create IFS files for data to be extracted via c functions in an rpg program 
(read data from work file then populates the ifs file). 

The program was working fine on every month end until it bombed on the last one 
with the following error message EMFILE 3452 (Too many open files for this 
process). I understand that the maximum number of file descriptors has been 
reached. How do I change the maximum allowed value of opened file descriptors?

In my rpg I use the c function (Eval      Rc = Close(Err_Flag)) to close the 
processed file.

Any help is appreciated (particularly code example).



Regards,

Emmanuel Zannis


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