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Fix Open files limit on MacOS OSX 11.4
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#!/bin/bash | |
set -euo pipefail | |
IFS=$'\n\t' | |
sudo cat << HEREDOC > /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist | |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> | |
<plist version="1.0"> | |
<dict> | |
<key>Label</key> | |
<string>limit.maxfiles</string> | |
<key>ProgramArguments</key> | |
<array> | |
<string>launchctl</string> | |
<string>limit</string> | |
<string>maxfiles</string> | |
<string>5120</string> | |
<string>8192</string> | |
</array> | |
<key>RunAtLoad</key> | |
<true /> | |
<key>ServiceIPC</key> | |
<false /> | |
</dict> | |
</plist> | |
HEREDOC | |
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist | |
sudo chmod 600 /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist | |
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist | |
launchctl limit maxfiles | |
# Note: Default limit is 256, huge limits over 8000 may cause RAM problems. | |
# So, the following settings were toned down: | |
# <string>65535</string> | |
# <string>524288</string> |
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