GETDTABLESIZE(2,L)          AIX Technical Reference          GETDTABLESIZE(2,L)



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getdtablesize



PURPOSE

Gets descriptor table size.

SYNTAX

int getdtablesize ( )

DESCRIPTION

The getdtablesize system call returns the size of a process descriptor table,
which has at least 20 slots for each process.  Table entries consist of small
integers starting at 0.

In AIX, getdtablesize returns NOFILE, which is 200.

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