[erlang-questions] {error,emfile}

[Roberto Ostinelli]

It looks like the problem is related to the fact that I'm using Ubuntu's
upstart to launch the Erlang process.

Apparently, changing the file descriptors limit via ulimit or by
/etc/security/limits.conf has no effect. Programs that launch on startup
via “upstart” do not get these limits applied to them:
http://bryanmarty.com/2012/02/10/setting-nofile-limit-upstart/

The solution is to use the "limit" stanza in the script.

Hope this helps anyone else with the same matter.

Best,
r.


On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Jon Schneider <jon@REDACTED> wrote:

> Could it be due to FD_SETSIZE ? Even if Erlang itself might be able to
> handle many more sockets there are still things constrained by this.
>
> Jon
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