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gnode table full
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ylsul@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Thu Apr 16 12:46:21 1992
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Subject: Re: gnode table full?
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 16 Apr 92 12:34:52 -0400.
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 12:42:14 EDT
>A gnode is the Ultrix equivalent of a vnode. According to jfc, its an
>abstract data structure that allows the kernel to deal with differing
>filsystems (like on a disk and something off the network).
>
>A full table is indicates that there are too many active files.
>This can be caused by a program that doesn't close files when its done
>with them, system error, or too much load.
Thanks - I will probably not worry about it unless it starts to bother me a
lot.
Alex
