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From: cur022%cluster@ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Max Open File Problem
Message-ID: <21550.278c3725@cluster@ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 10 Jan 91 09:43:01 GMT
References: <6070002@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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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.
> 

There is a well hidden set of files on the distribution disks that enable
you to rebuild the C runtime startup code to support a larger number of
open files. Run SETUP/COPY, and ask for the STARTUP.DOC file. That'll tell
you the names of the other files to ask for.
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