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From: ballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Max Open File Problem
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.162728.8092@unixg.ubc.ca>
Date: 9 Jan 91 16:27:28 GMT
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In article <6070002@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> barry@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Barry Kurtz) writes:

>Does anyone know of a way to open more than 14 user files under OS/2
>using the Microsoft C 6.0 compiler?  Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.
 
You may have to reassemble the startup code.  See the file
/msc/source/startup/os2/crt0data.asm that comes with the MSC distribution.
It includes commented-out code to increase DosSetMaxFH, which you are
supposed to enable of you need more than 20. 
 
Alternatively, you might try just adding the call to DosSetMaxFH to your
program before you actually open any files.  I don't see why this wouldn't
work. 
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