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From: tron@mrecvax.UUCP (Carlos Mendioroz)
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Subject: DOS max open files
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Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 16:42:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  4 16:42:12 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Aug-87 01:30:04 EDT
Organization: M.R.E. y C. Bs. As. Argentina
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Keywords: files handles DOS
Summary: Want to open more than 20 files.

I met the 20-files limit. That is, somewhere in a DOS programmers manual
 appears:

	When MS-DOS creates or opens a file, it assigns the first 
	available handle. A program can have 20 open handles; this
	includes the five predefined handles, so a program can
	typically open 15 extra files. [...]
	
 but I want to open more files!
Has anyone reached this limit and found a way to overtake it ?
I know 'files' and 'fcbs' keywords from config.sys but that won't let
 you go past 20.
All kind of info is welcome! (I mean, usefull one ;-)

Thanks in advance.

Carlos G Mendioroz - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
		     Buenos Aires  ARGENTINA
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"I've had nothing yet",Alice replied in an 
offended tone, "so I can't take more."
"You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter:
"it's very easy to take more than nothing."