Why do I get the message "Too many open files - convert" from the program "Paperclip"?

Question

I am trying to run a clean rake task for paperclip since I just finished converting all previous images that were png to jpg and I keep getting

rake aborted!
Too many open files - convert

I'm sure I have over 10,000 images with 6 styles, any ideas on how to get around this?

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mediarts Aug 13 '12 at 16:45

1 answer

Banath · Answer 1 · 2013-01-16T03:37:24+0000

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Shikachu ( https://github.com/sikachu ) said:
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file = File.open("foo.jpg")
@user.attachment = file
file.close # totally safe!