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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+The transferrer crashes after a while due to too many open files
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+Have a huge annex. Connect two local machines, one with the huge annex, the other one without. Let them copy files…
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+latest version
+git-annex version: 5.20131117-gbd514dc
+build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV FsEvents XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash
+key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL
+remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav glacier hook
+
+on Mac OS X 10.9
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+[[!format sh """
+# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
+# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
+
+[2013-11-22 10:49:19 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded oktaeder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:19 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded oktaeder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:19 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded oktaeder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded klett-cover-neu.jpg
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded klett-cover-neu.jpg
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded kara-worl..ditor.gif
+git-annex: runInteractiveProcess: pipe: Too many open files
+Committer crashed: lsof: createProcess: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Committer: warning Committer crashed: lsof: createProcess: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded kara-worl..ditor.gif
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded kara-worl..ditor.gif
+[2013-11-22 10:49:20 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded image1.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:21 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded image1.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:21 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded image.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:21 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded image.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:21 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded ikoseder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:21 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded ikoseder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:22 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded ikoseder.png
+[2013-11-22 10:49:22 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded ikosaeder.jpg
+git-annex: runInteractiveProcess: pipe: Too many open files
+ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+git-annex: socket: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+[2013-11-22 10:49:22 CET] Transferrer: Downloaded ikosaeder.jpg
+Transferrer crashed: getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+[2013-11-22 10:49:22 CET] Transferrer: warning Transferrer crashed: getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+git-annex: runInteractiveProcess: pipe: Too many open files
+git-annex: runInteractiveProcess: pipe: Too many open files
+
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]