Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> writes: > would RLIMIT_NOFILE be a better limit than INT_MAX if available?
No, as the later code will behave the same regardless of whether INT_MAX or the NOFILE-limit value is used, and if we use INT_MAX we'll save a system call. However, also please see the patch "Use a heap for the internal merge" which I just now submitted <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-03/msg00174.html>; to some extent it makes this question moot. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
