Re: 3.1.6 system() fails when at the ulimit of open files

[Chris Pearson]

This also applies to opening or reopening system()-like targets of |

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Chris Pearson <address@hidden> wrote:
> With an open file limit of 1024:
>
> mkdir z
>
> yes|head -200|gawk '{print "hi" > ("z/"z++)}END{system("echo
> hiho;date")}'   # the system() call works
> yes|head -2000|gawk '{print "hi" > ("z/"z++)}END{system("echo
> hiho;date")}'   # the system() call doesnt work, even though all 2000
> files are created.
>
> So, I guess whatever decides to make room to open a new file getting
> called for system(), which is inconsistant with how open file juggling
> is handled by gawk in other cases, and probably easily fixed.   Or at
> the very least should print an error if not.
>