[cobalt-users] [RaQ4] "Too many open files" sending mail

[Pierre-Alain.Pulfer@xxxxxx]

Hello,

We need to send more than 2000 mails with a php script. We use the "mail"
function.

The script stops at about 180 mails sent. I have the system message "Too
many open files".

The same problem appears with this shell script :

#!/bin/sh
f=0
g=1000
while [ $f -le $g ]
        do
        f=`expr $f + 1`
        echo $f
        echo "salut"
        ls -al | mail -s test-unix me@xxxxxxxxxx
        done


I tried to increase the max number of open files (# ulimit -n 8192, am I
wrong ?), with same bad results.
If I put a "sleep 2" on the loop, everithing is working fine, but this is
not a solution....

Any idea ?



Pierre-Alain PULFER
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