Re: Continually count the number of open files

In reply to: Graham Perrin : "Continually count the number of open files"
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From: Ronald Klop <ronald_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:19:31 UTC

On 9/12/23 08:38, Graham Perrin wrote:
> Can anything like systat(1) present a count, continually?
> 
> I'd like to monitor, after log in to Plasma (X11), in connection with <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=273669>.
> 
> 


I don't think you mean:
# sysctl -d kern.openfiles
kern.openfiles: System-wide number of open files

It is more like a gauge than a counter.

Regards,
Ronald.