[SOLVED] Handle count in linux

[ramvvs]

Hi all,

My query goes like this; We have a column in task manager of process view in windows showing the number of handles a process is having. Is there any such so I can view the handles for a process in linux? Kidnly help me with this issue. I have tried a couple of commands like pidstat, ps aux, going thru /proc file system etc.,

any scripts for getting this are also welcome. thank you..

[Rubberman]

There is no such thing as "handles" in linux. The nearest correlary would be file descriptors. In /proc you will see a bunch of numbered directories. Each is associated with a process. Under each of those directories is a subdirectory named 'fd' which contains a list of the processes' open file descriptors.

[ramvvs]

Thank you.. I found the solution.

the file descriptors present are present in /proc/$pid/fd for a particular process.
and all the file descriptors for total system lies in /proc/sys/fd/file-nr

thank you..