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In article <Jan.22.09.43.13.1993.26857@gandalf.rutgers.edu>, 
hempatel@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Hemanshu Patel) writes:
> 
> 	I am using MS Fortan 5.1 on a PC running DOS, and I've written 
> 	a program on a SPARC 1 which opens 20 or so files. It compiles
> 	and runs fine.  I then transfered it to a PC, it compiles fine
> 	but I  get a runtime  error of  too many files opened. I don't 
> 	remember the  exact error code. Does  anyone know  the maximum 
> 	number of files openable at one time under MS Fortran 5.1, and
> 	any tricks around. I really don't want to  open and close each 
> 	file every time,  especially since the data  stored in them is 
> 	sequentially  written. Any help  would be appreciated. Than...
> 
> 	Hemanshu

According to Appendix C of the _Microsoft FORTRAN Reference_, a program written
in MS FORTRAN 5.1 and run under DOS or OS/2 cannot open more than 20 files at a
time.  (Under certain situations involving OS/2, this can be extended to 40.)

Another poster referred to changing the "FILES=" line in CONFIG.SYS.  Setting
this limit to more than 20 has no effect on the MS FORTRAN limit of 20 open
files.
 
Craig J. Willits
Graduate Student, Operations Research
Air Force Institute of Technology
cwillits@afit.af.mil