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32.\" @(#)getdtablesize.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt GETDTABLESIZE 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm getdtablesize
40.Nd get descriptor table size
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In unistd.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn getdtablesize void
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48Each process has a fixed size descriptor table,
49which is guaranteed to have at least 20 slots. The entries in
50the descriptor table are numbered with small integers starting at 0.
51The call
52.Fn getdtablesize
53returns the size of this table.
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54.Sh LEGACY
55The
56.Xr getrlimit 2
57function returns a value of type
58.Ft rlim_t .
59This interface, returning an
60.Ft int ,
61may have problems representing appropriate values in the future.
62Applications should use the
63.Xr getrlimit 2
64function instead.
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65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr close 2 ,
67.Xr dup 2 ,
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69.Xr open 2 ,
70.Xr select 2
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Fn getdtablesize
74function call appeared in
75.Bx 4.2 .