Too many open file handles

Question

I\'m working on a huge legacy Java application, with a lot of handwritten stuff, which nowadays you\'d let a framework handle.

The problem I\'m facing right now is

Answer 1

On windows you can look at open file handles using process explorer:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

On Solaris you can use "lsof" to monitor the open file handles