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From: JOEL@GACVAX1.BITNET (Joel Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Open Files Question
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Date: 16 Jan 90 06:17:00 GMT
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>From: Pierre Cormier <S602@UQAM.BITNET>
>Subject: Number of Open Files

>For some strange reason, people here want to open 60 files at a time
>from a DBase application. The code they produced works fine when the files
>are all on a local drive, but stops with an error after 40 files (give or
>take) when the files are on a Novell 2.15 server.

>The maximum number of open files is 250 on the server. When this stuff runs,
>the actual number of open files gets up to approx. 100, so this is not the
>problem.

Just a thought: How many files are set in the CONFIG.SYS file used for
                work-station booting?

Joel Jackson
Novell Netware Manager
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN  56082