You can find out the maximum number of processes on your machine by using the command sysdef. This is a tunable parameter which can be configured by root: v.v_proc.

If the maximum number of processes is reached, attempts to create new processes will generate errno 11 (EAGAIN). This scenario can be detected in a program by checking the return code and errno returned by a call to launch a new thread or LWP. Type man intro.2 to see more information on system calls and errors.

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In article <83691m$ket$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, shiling@math.wayne.edu wrote: > I'm not ROOT. But I would like to know the maximum number of processes > on a UNIX box? What will be the impact if the number is processes > is(reaches) the maximum number? Could this number be changed by ROOT? > > TIA. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. >

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