Re: too many open files.

In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006281009500.12861-100000@localhost.localdomain>, kenn@pcintelligent.com (Ken N) wrote: > Hi, > > My script is attempting to make a copy of a file (httpd.conf) open the > copy. look for a string using ereg() and if it finds it. Open the actual > httpd.conf and replace it (The string) with somehting else. However when I > try to run the script I get "Too many open files" I was wondering if there > was a limit, it seems so I can't have to files open at the same time? > Can I change this or of course is there a better sugestion? Are you closing the file you read before you try to open it for writing?... I think the message you are seeing is usually the result of a file-system limit on the number of open files the user PHP runs, but... Are you sure you aren't looping around the fopen()? -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)