Bugs item #498, was opened at 2006-03-27 01:57 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=498&group_id=106 Category: PDF inclusion Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Vladimir Volovich (vvv) Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: pdftex leaves included files opened thus overflowing the ulimit Initial Comment: [re-sending through sarovar bug reporting form] i'm reporting a bug discovered by Tigran Aivazian: He got this message: pdflatex: ./1016.pdf: Too many open files by running pdflatex on this simple source: \documentclass[pdftex,a5paper]{book} \usepackage[papersize={8.5in,11in}]{geometry} \usepackage{pdfpages} \begin{document} \newcount\i \i=2 \loop \ifnum\i<1725 \includepdf[pages={-}]{\number\i.pdf}% \advance\i by1 \repeat \end{document} It appears that this is due to the "ulimit" on the number of simultaneously opened files which was 1024 by default. Increasing "ulimit" allowed to process the file. But it looks like a bug in pdftex: it seems that it keeps all the files which were \includepdf'ed opened, thus causing this limit to be reached. Instead, it seems, it should close the included files. WDYT? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=498&group_id=106