samtools sort: fail to open "./samtools.36604.8950.tmp.1019.bam": Too many open files

[sanjin725]

Dear administrator.

Hello, this error occurred when I was using juicer to process HIC data. How should I solve this problem? The error is: [bam_sort_core] merging from 1530 files and 170 in-memory blocks... [E::hts_open_format] Failed to open file "./samtools.214728.6262.tmp.1019.bam" : Too many open files samtools sort: fail to open "./samtools.214728.6262.tmp.1019.bam": Too many open files ***! Failure during chimera handling of /gpfs/home/liyixian/soft/3DDNA/juicer/splits/hic.fastq.gz I also provided a complete log below: juicer.log Good luck, looking forward to your reply Xiaoxin Pei

[yuan102379]

I have also meet with the simmilar issue? Have this comment been solved ?

[BRNiu]

Same issue. Is there any solution?