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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.gmi.edu!news.flint.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!ui-gate.utell.co.uk!brian From: brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I need MORE than 120 ptys........please help Date: 19 Feb 1997 17:58:06 GMT Organization: Utell International Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5efeve$gjp@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> References: <3309E9A0.938@sticky.usu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ui-gate.utell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35779 Hal Lynch (hal@sticky.usu.edu) wrote: [.....] : Here is what I suspect: : Could the limit really be 128 ptys? [.....] Kind of. Because of the funny naming of ptys, some apps can use the second "set" of 128, and some can't - therefore the limit is either 128 or 256 depending on the app. I got this info from /dev/MAKEDEV.... but that's about all I know about it. Good luck ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !