Re: too many open files / WO 5.2.2 Panther 10.3.2

> I fully agree with Dave on this.
>

;-)


> We had few heavy load monster applications that were working happily 
> for months (even no need for daly restart). Now they got company (apps 
> written by another team) and the headaches stared.
>
>
> Here my question. When we get this IOException, what can we do 
> (rebooting is not an answer :-) I know the right answer ("fix the new 
> apps"), but this is beyond our control - so I am asking for a 
> workaround.
>
AFAIK no other chance than a) the app finally closes these files or b) 
if an app restart is not enough which depends on the operating system 
then your only chance is to reboot. Very bad luck. A project from a big 
telco had this problem with hpux and oracle.

Regards David