If you’ve worked in linux long enough you’ve run into that most curious of error in your app code “too many files”. This is a fascinating error that can throw the linux newbie and even for the seasoned expert can be maddeningly complex. The gist of the issue is that the linux kernel gets to determine how many file handles can be allocated at one time. Now if what you’re operating on linux is a web server you may be thinking okay I have like 10 log files max so why do I care?