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From: frisk@krafla.UUCP (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MS C open file limit on PC
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Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 12:49:52 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 23 12:49:52 1987
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In article <173@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
>
>This works in MS-DOS 3.2, and probably in earlier versions.
>-- 
In MS-DOS 3.3 you have a new system function "Sent handle count", which 
(almost) eliminates this problem.

INT 21H
     AH = 67H
     BX = desired number of handles

Returns Carry clear if ok
	Carry set if error (and error code in AX)