Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 08:33:28 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
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	Zaretskii on Mon, 3 May 1999 07:43:43 +0300 (IDT))
Subject: Re: Windows 9X bug when it runs out of file handles
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I was hoping for something like this:

fd = open(...);
if (fd == -1)
{
  if (errno == ESHARE)
    open(...,SH_DENYNO)
  else if (errno == ENOFILE)
    _creat(...);
  else
    return -1;
}

That's what I meant about checking for specific errno values, rather
than just avoiding the ones we know are trouble.