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From: vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How to increase the number of open files
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Date: 15 Jan 91 20:17:07 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.misc: 14-Jan-91 Re: How to increase
> the num.. K. Papamichael@ux1.lbl.g (970)

> I thought that the original question referred to the message "...too many
> open files...," or something like that.  I do not know what kind of files are
> meant in this message.  I think that through the settings options of
> Suitcase one can specify the maximum number of Suitcase files that may
> be open.  If the files meant in the message "...too many open files..."
> are not Suitcase files then I question the effectiveness of the proposed
> approach to solving the original problem the way I understand it and
> ...experience it.  Anyone for clarifications?  Thank you.

The problem is with any kind of open files.... Because Suitcase can be
used to open a lot of files, it provides a way to increase the number of
possible open files.... this setting works whether or not the files in
question are Suitcase files.

-Vincent Del Vecchio
vd09@andrew.cmu.edu
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