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From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel, Op from Atherton Hall)
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Why won't DOS allow more than 20 open files?
Message-ID: <90160.191651JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 90 23:16:51 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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Even though I have the statement FILES = 40 in my config.sys, DOS refuses
to open more than 20 files at once and returns error code 4 (no handles
available) if I try to open more. I've tested this on 3 different version
of DOS (all of which allegedly support the FILES statement) Any clues why this
is?

A while back I remember seeing a question on how to get more than 20 open
files in TurboC. I've come up with a solution to the limitation TurboC places
on the number of open streams, but when I went to test it I ran into this
DOS problem. I will post the code if I manage to get it working. Has a 'cure'
for this problem already been posted on the net? (I don't want to repeat a
lot of work someone else has already done)

 Jeff