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From: fengstad@honte.uleth.ca (Grant Fengstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: File Handles, How to get more > 40
Keywords: File Handles, Compilers, Environment, Config.sys
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.214048.27014@honte.uleth.ca>
Date: 3 Jun 91 21:40:48 GMT
References: <1991May23.223224.23679@newsserver.sfu.ca>
Organization: University of Lethbridge
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In <1991May23.223224.23679@newsserver.sfu.ca> shephard@newsserver.sfu.ca (Gordon Shephard) writes:

>Novell seems to ignore the Config.Sys Command, Files=50, when using
>Novell 2.15 and Microsoft C 5.1.  Normally Microsoft C 5.1 refuses to
>give more than 20 file handles, but the compiler can be modified (by
>modifying the source code for MC 5.1, crtodat.asm) to give you a greater
>number of file handles.  Unfortunately Novell 2.15 seems to ignore this
>change, and will give a maximum of 40 file handles.  Is there any way to
>get around this?
>-- 
>| Gordon Harry Shephard         | Distributed Computing Support Group  |

Create a file on your boot disk/directory called NET.CFG.  In this file
place a statement "File Handles=XX" where XX equals the amount of file
handles you wish to have.  

This is fully documented in the Installation Manual.

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|  Grant M. Fengstad                   |
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