Working with lots of files¶
How to work around problems that arise when your project has thousands (or more) of files.
Too many open files¶
The problem: Domino gives you an error like, “too many open files”
The solution:
Create a file in your project folder called
.noLock
(note that the
leading ‘.’ is critical, and that capitalization matters)Details (if you’re interested):
When Domino synchronizes your files with the server, it takes out a
lock on all your project files, to ensure they don’t change during the
synchronization process. If you have a very large number of files,
Domino will run into the operating system’s limit for the number of
files that can be “open” at once. The
.noLock
file tells Domino to
skip its normal step of locking your files during synchronization — so
you should be careful not to change any of your project files while
Domino is uploading or downloading them.