errno.3: Note probable cause of ENFILE error

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-12-27 17:03:41 +01:00
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@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ Connection aborted by network (POSIX.1)
Network unreachable (POSIX.1)
.TP
.B ENFILE
Too many open files in system (POSIX.1)
Too many open files in system (POSIX.1);
on Linux, this is probably a result of encountering the
.IR /proc/sys/fs/file-max
limit (see
.BR proc (5)).
.\" ENOANO is defined but appears to be unused.
.TP
.B ENOBUFS