[2.5.6] File table overflow

[jarausch at igpm.rwth-aachen.de]

Hi,

on my linux box (2.4.21-pre4-ac4)
I've used rsync to mirror a rather large /usr/local tree (4 Gb)
After transmission of many files I get the error message
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1045)

According to /usr/include/asm/errno.h the code 23 says
File table overflow

What can I do about that?

Many thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany