Increase the number of files a node may have open at a time

scripts/ulimit-n.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Adjust the maximum number of files that may be opened to as large as possible.
+#
+
+maxOpenFds=65000
+if [[ $(uname) = Darwin ]]; then
+  maxOpenFds=24576 # Appears to be the max permitted on macOS...
+fi
+
+if [[ $(ulimit -n) -lt $maxOpenFds ]]; then
+  ulimit -n $maxOpenFds || {
+    echo "Error: nofiles too small: $(ulimit -n). Run \"ulimit -n $maxOpenFds\" to continue";
+    exit 1
+  }
+fi
+