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Ok, many thanks
Paul

"Hans Galema" <dontusethis@dontusethis.nl> wrote in message
news:3fe9b1d0@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Paul Dowd wrote:
>
> > I use fopen() when wanting to read/write text and open() for binary. I
know
> > this is not very eloquent or consistent but thats the legacy of my long
> > learning curve! Do both these methods not count towards the number of
open
> > files limit?
>
> You can test that for yourself with:
>
> void __fastcall TForm1::fopenButtonClick(TObject *Sender)
> {
>    Memo1->Clear();
>
>    int filenr = 0;
>
>    Memo1->Lines->Add ( "FOPEN_MAX: " + IntToStr ( FOPEN_MAX ) );
>
>    while ( ++ filenr <= maxwanted )
>       {
>        char path [MAXPATH+2];
>
>        sprintf ( path, "fopen.%d.txt", filenr );
>
>        if ( ! fopen ( path, "wb" ) )
>          break;
>
>        Memo1->Lines->Add ( path );
>       }
> }
>
>   Memo1->Clear();
>
>    Memo1->Lines->Add ( "FOPEN_MAX: " + IntToStr ( FOPEN_MAX ) );
>
>    int filenr = 0;
>
>    while ( ++ filenr <= maxwanted )
>       {
>        char path [MAXPATH+2];
>
>        sprintf ( path, "open.%d.txt", filenr );
>
>        int fd = open( path,  // io.h
> O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR |O_BINARY, S_IREAD | S_IWRITE  );
>
>        if ( fd < 1 )
>          break;
>
>        Memo1->Lines->Add ( path );
>       }
>
>  > Which do you recommend? - I suppose I should stick to open() ??
>
> Hans.