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Subject: Re: MS C open file limit on PC
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Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 00:54:47 EDT
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It has already been pointed out that the limits is not in
the C implementation but the operating system.  As a rule of
thumb if you want a program to be portable try not to depend
on having too many files open at once.  Operating system
imposed limits on the order of 20 files are extremely common.
It seems to be a favourite number with operating systems
implementors although they enforce it in a number of different
ways.