[H-GEN] Determing Processes With Large Numbers Of Open Files

[Matthew Brecknell]

> I'm having a problem where a VPS we use at work is running into the  
> number of open files limit (limited to 2500 open files so it should  
> be plenty). I suspect the wiki we use is responsible but need to find  
> out what processes have all the open file handles tied up to be sure.  
> Any ideas how I could go about that?

lsof(8), if you're system has it.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/lsof/