increase file descriptor limit

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#1

How does one increase the max file descriptor limit for a given process? Right now it is unlimitTed but I can only open 1024 file from any of my programs. My programs are segmenting after 1024! I am using 11.86-64. It worked using 11.1 32 bits.

THKS,

#2

View your current soft and hard limits with

ulimit -aS
ulimit -aH

and check

man limits.conf

to see how to change it. Some more info can be found here: Performance tuning.