Command map

set system file-descriptors

Raise the file descriptor limit for the daemon process.

Ze command

Registry path
set system file-descriptors
Usage
set system file-descriptors [limit <limit|max>]
Mode
Daemon
Wire method
ze-set:system-file-descriptors
Backends
any backend
Task support
optional: the MCP call is synchronous, which is the default
Subcommands
none: this command takes no subcommand
Pipes, always
json, ndjson, table, text, yaml, raw, no-more, save
Pipes, when the answer has rows
match, count, first, last, display, fill
Pipes, while streaming
log
Pipes, local process only
save

Description

Pass a number or 'max' to go to the hard limit. Takes effect immediately.
Check current limits with 'show system file-descriptors'.

Arguments

NameTypeRequiredValuesSummaryDescription
limitunionnomaxNew limit or max for hard limit.The value is the new soft limit on open descriptors, a count from 1 up to the hard limit, or the word max. Ze sets it with setrlimit and reports the previous, the current and the hard limit. Zero, or a count above the hard limit, is refused.

Mapping status

No vendor equivalent has been curated yet for this Ze command.

Juniper Junos MX

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Cisco IOS XR

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Nokia SR OS

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VyOS

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