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Subject: Re: NetWare v2.15 open file handles
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From: JRD@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Date: 28 Dec 89 18:58:30 MDT
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Lisa,
	As you know, the normal DOS limit on FILES= is 20, but that can be
enlarged by a program under DOS 3.3 and later. The Novell value is for its
Redirector. If the applications program of interest wants soooo many files
open at one time then go back and redesign it: remember the file position
in a current file, close the file, do other work, reopen and seek to the
old position. Tidy. Also, the FILES= question is much more readily answered
by a few quick local tests.
	Joe D.