Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!emory!mephisto!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!planet!prk From: prk@planet.bt.co.uk (Peter Knight) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Max files open Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 07:57:14 GMT References: <6548@castle.ed.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@planet.bt.co.uk (Usenet News Manager) Organization: RT743, BT Research Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK. Lines: 28 elev66@castle.ed.ac.uk (G Gaston) writes: >Hi there, >I've a quick question concerning the maximum number of files that can be >open at any one time in DOS. No matter what I set "FILES=" in CONFIG.SYS >the maximum files that I can open is 15. Is there any way in which this >can be increased. Apologies if this is a rather noddy question. You do not say if this is a problem you are having with 1) A purchased application or 2) A program that you wrote yourself. If (1), then there is little you can do about it. If (2), then there is a gotcha in that the start-up code supplied with your compiler sets the maximum number of open files. If you have something like Microsoft C, then the source for the relevant bits of start-up is supplied, and you can modify and re-assemble this. If not, then you are largely on your own. Peter Knight BT Research #include