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From: gcook@cps3xx.UUCP (Greg Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Redirect > nul affects procomm, why?
Message-ID: <3832@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 12:28:48 GMT
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From article <24c29f1b@ralf>, by Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU:
> In article <3817@cps3xx.UUCP>, gcook@cps3xx.UUCP (Greg Cook) wrote:
> }[ProComm not finding various files]
> It seems that DOS doesn't close open files when a program goes TSR.  Since the
> ">NUL" redirection opens a file for the duration of the program, that file
> stays open after the program goes TSR (files ARE closed on non-TSR
> termination).  ProComm then cannot open various files because DOS doesn't have
> enough internal file table entries.  The solution is to increase the FILES=
> statement in CONFIG.SYS.  You should set it to FILES=20 or higher (each
> additional file uses 53 bytes of RAM).

Sure enough, I went back to look at my config.sys and it said "files = 8"
I increased it to 20 and all is working well now!

Thanks to everyone who responded to my posting.

Greg Cook
gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
cook@frith.egr.msu.edu