Hi, Besides file-max and file-nr is there anywhere else I should be looking to solve a C program giving me 'too many open files' problem? (centos 3.4) While the program is complaining here were the values file-max 209632 file-nr 3655 258 209632 lsof | wc -l around 7000 during and about 1111 less after I closed the application. Any ideas? thx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com