shell file descriptor programming (was: Unlinked temp files)

[Leslie Mikesell]

>[Eduardo Krell]

>The ksh configuration scripts determine how many file descriptors
>your system supports (by running a test program which does dup()'s until
>it fails) and creates a configuration header file which is used to
>compile ksh.

Does this mean something nasty will happen if NOFILES is tuned lower
after the compile - or on a system that receives a binary distribution?


Les Mikesell