> [3:13:191]root@sol:/etc> ulimit -Ha [...] > open files 9223372036854775807 > I'd like to know if 9223372036854775807 a meaningful number. Probably not, in this context. It's the decimal form of 0x7fffffffffffffff, the largest positive signed 64-bit integer. der Mouse mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu