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Article #384Re: Unit number limit?
From: Daniel R. Levy
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1986 01:10
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1986 01:10
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In article <8300002@ztivax.UUCP>, david@ztivax.UUCP writes:
>Ooops! I just checked the sources, and fopen() DOES still use
>descriptors (it actually calls open()), so you can still only open 20
>files on your vanilla 4.2 or sysV implementation.
I would HOPE that fopen() still uses descriptors (the OS provides no other way
to stuff input into a file, except maybe mucking with the device con-
taining the files [look ma, several files, one descriptor, system crash!] :-)).
No need to "check the sources" to know THAT!
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