Opening multiple files in Fortran 90
I would like to open 10,000 files with file names starting from abc25000
until abc35000
and copy some information into each file. The code I have written is as below:
PROGRAM puppy
IMPLICIT NONE
integer :: i
CHARACTER(len=3) :: n1
CHARACTER(len=5) :: cnum
CHARACTER(len=8) :: n2
loop1: do i = 25000 ,35000 !in one frame
n1='abc'
write(cnum,'(i5)') i
n2=n1//cnum
print*, n2
open(unit=i ,file=n2)
enddo loop1
end
This code is supposed to开发者_JAVA百科 generate files starting from abc24000
until abc35000
but it stops about half way saying that
At line 17 of file test-openFile.f90 (unit = 26021, file = '')
Fortran runtime error: Too many open files
What do I need to do to fix the above code?
This limit is set by your OS. If you're using a Unix/Linux variant, you can check the limit using from the command line using ulimit -n
, and raise it using ulimit -n 16384
. You'll need to set a limit greater than 10000 to allow for all the other files that the shell will have open. You may also need admin privileges to do this.
I regularly bump the limit up to 2048 to run Fortran programs, but never as high as 10000. However, I echo the other answers that, if possible, it's better to restructure your program to close each file before opening the next.
You need to work on the files one at a time (or in small groups that do not exceed the limitation imposed by the operating system).
for each file: open file write close file
Operating systems tend to have limits on resources. Typically on, for instance, Linux, there is by default a limit of 1024 file descriptors per process. The error message you're getting is just the Fortran runtime library passing information upwards that it was unable to open yet another file due to an OS error.
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