Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:27896 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:2808 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!pyramid!infmx!kevinf From: kevinf@infmx.UUCP (Kevin Franden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: HELP need in C (turbo c, fopen problem) Summary: Check stuff first, may not be a bug Keywords: HELP URGENT Message-ID: <1268@infmx.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 89 21:10:25 GMT References: <353@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 27 (My mailer got as far as .ames and barfed. Sorry to put it here...) I'd check to see that: a) The file DOES in fact exist. and b) You havn't exceeded the # of allowed file handles for DOS. (in config.sys the line that says FILES=?? Most people have theirs around 15; I set mine to 25 'cause I _hate_ bugs like this.) By default you get 5 but those are taken up by: stdin, stdout ,stderr and the program you're running (possibly some others that I can't think of) but I have mine set higher so I don't care. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Kevin Franden UUCP: {backbone}!pyramid!infmx!kevinf Informix Software Inc disclaimer("I said what I said and not my employer"); =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=