Bug 5007: Docs: Fix max_filedescriptors description (#529)

max_filedescriptors can also be used to _raise_  the number of
descriptors (up to the OS hard limit).

diff --git a/src/cf.data.pre b/src/cf.data.pre
index f69f67198c405fa776cab61a14e40e07b3db55bd..2e515830ee8d6d24b7dc796d943fa4a36d07f1f8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cf.data.pre
+++ b/src/cf.data.pre
@@ -10402,13 +10402,14 @@ DOC_END
 NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
 TYPE: int
 DEFAULT: 0
-DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system limits set by ulimit.
+DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system soft limit set by ulimit.
 LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
 DOC_START
-       Reduce the maximum number of filedescriptors supported below
-       the usual operating system defaults.
+       Set the maximum number of filedescriptors, either below the
+       operating system default or up to the hard limit.
 
-       Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit setting.
+       Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit soft
+       limit setting.
 
        Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
        not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).