In article <41256950.0030D969.00 at esoc.esa.de>, DavSmith at esoc.esa.de wrote; } OVER cant open new overview file: Too many open files. : } changed nothing on the expiry side at all. It ran fine as tradspool, so what the } heck is going on here? Check your limit of fd number per process. It says it's too small to run expire. -- Katsuhiro Kondou