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From: rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MS C open file limit on PC
Message-ID: <119@nusdhub.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-Oct-87 20:49:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 10 20:49:28 1987
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Organization: National University, San Diego
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Summary: But HO!
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:8929 comp.lang.c:4839

In article <5819@ihlpa.ATT.COM>, rickf@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Fritz) writes:
> In MS-DOS the op-sys limit can be changed with a line in the config.sys file
> of the form:
> 	FILES=<Number of handle wanted>

But ho!, this changees the "SYSTEM WIDE" limit on the number of files
opened for the whole system.  There is STILL a maximum of 20 open files
per-process.  [Or the value of FILES, whichever is smaller]

Setting this to a larger number does not really help unless you are
useing a windowing package [or some such].

Rob White