fstat - total file descriptor count on freebsd system?

Question

How to get the current count of file descriptors in the system?

I know how to get the maximum.

% sysctl kern.maxfiles
kern.maxfiles: 8232

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '12 at 12:06

6

Are you looking for kern.openfiles?

[ghoti@pc ~]$ sysctl -ad | grep 'kern.*files:'
kern.maxfiles: Maximum number of files
kern.openfiles: System-wide number of open files
[ghoti@pc ~]$

answered Jun 27 '12 at 12:06

ghoti

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 22:19

-3

cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr

Three columns are total file descriptors allocated since boot, free allocated file descriptors, maximum open file descriptors.

Additional info here.

answered Jun 26 '12 at 22:19

nickgroenke

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