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Article #510Why won't DOS allow more than 20 open files?
From: Jeff Siegel, Op from Atherton Ha...
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 1990 23:16
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 1990 23:16
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Even though I have the statement FILES = 40 in my config.sys, DOS refuses to open more than 20 files at once and returns error code 4 (no handles available) if I try to open more. I've tested this on 3 different version of DOS (all of which allegedly support the FILES statement) Any clues why this is? A while back I remember seeing a question on how to get more than 20 open files in TurboC. I've come up with a solution to the limitation TurboC places on the number of open streams, but when I went to test it I ran into this DOS problem. I will post the code if I manage to get it working. Has a 'cure' for this problem already been posted on the net? (I don't want to repeat a lot of work someone else has already done) Jeff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!jxs118 From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel, Op from Atherton Hall) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Why won't DOS allow more than 20 open files? Message-ID: <90160.191651JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 9 Jun 90 23:16:51 GMT Organization: Penn State University Lines: 14