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From: consp21@bingsund.cc.binghamton.edu (Ken Hoover)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Errror -42
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Date: 23 Oct 89 17:45:20 GMT
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In article <0ZEYGSy00WB84AtUhr@andrew.cmu.edu>, al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu
(Andy A. Lee) writes:
> Hello,
> 
>      Lately I've been getting error -42 (Too Many Files Open) with my Mac II.
> For the light of me, I can't figure out why.  I have a Macintosh II, 5MB Ram,
> 380 Meg HD with 7 partitions, Apple Color and Nutmeg 19 Monitor, and System
> 6.0.3.  Can I increase the number of open file allowed?
> 
> * Andy Lee *

	Are you running MultiFinder?  The number of files a Mac II can have
open is dependent on available memory, among other things.  Multifinder makes
it easy to have lots more files open than you think you do.

							- Ken


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Ken Hoover [ consp21@bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | consp21@bingvaxa.BITNET ]
     Resident computer jock and Mac hacker, SUNY-Binghamton Bio dept.
     Senior undergraduate consultant, SUNY-Binghamton Computer Center
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