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Re: Help in openning files

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From: Daniel Cunningham
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:49
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DaViD <din@hkstar.com> wrote:
>I'm writing a program that need to open about 80 files at the same time. Now,
>the problem is that under DOS, it seems only allow 15 files (handles) to be 
>opened at the same time.
>My question is how can I open more than 15 files ( the target is 80 files )
>in DOS using MicroSoft C 7.0. Is there any library, addons that can allow me to 
>do so ? Or how should I write the code for this purpose ?
check in your config.sys file (should be in root directory) you will
most likely find a line that says files=15 or some other low number.
Change it to 80 or more. This should not effect any other programs
that you run.











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From: lpar@toledolink.com (Daniel Cunningham)
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:49:15 GMT
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