On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:57:39 +0100, AMD wrote: > The problem I have under windows is that as soon as I get to 500 files I > get the Too many open files message. I tried the same thing in Delphi > and I can get to 3000 files. How can I increase the number of open files > in Python?
Windows XP has a limit of 512 files opened by any process, including stdin, stdout and stderr, so your code is probably failing after file number 509. http://forums.devx.com/archive/index.php/t-136946.html It's almost certainly not a Python problem, because under Linux I can open 1000+ files without blinking. I don't know how Delphi works around that issue. Perhaps one of the Windows gurus can advise if there's a way to increase that limit from 512? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
