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Article #16Bug in pg - doesn't close directories
From: David E. A. Wilson
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1989 06:16
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1989 06:16
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Description: When pg encounters a directory in its argument list it prints out a message to that effect and moves on to the next argument. Unfortunately it does not close the directory and eventually runs out of file descriptors. Repeat-by: Give pg more directories than the system allows open fd's. (64 should be enough on any system). The first N will have the message: pg: filename is a directory while the remainder will have: filename: Too many open files Systems affected: Probably all using AT&T source. I have found the bug in A/UX 1.1b (Mac II), Dynix 2.0v2 (Sequent Symmetry), SunOS 4.0.3b (Sparcstation 1) and OSx4.4c (Pyramid 90xe).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!otc!metro!basser!wolfen!david From: david@wolfen.cc.uow.oz (David E. A. Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Bug in pg - doesn't close directories Keywords: pg open files directory Message-ID: <5941@wolfen.cc.uow.oz> Date: 10 Jul 89 06:16:24 GMT Organization: Uni of Wollongong, NSW, Australia Lines: 21