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From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem: Output redirection is using up file handles.
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 16:00:42 CDT
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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> After that, trying to run any command just gives the
> error message: "Too many open files in system (ENFILE)"
> It looks as if the program opens a file handle every time, and
> never releases is when the program exits. Just wondered if
> anyone else has run into this problem, and if so, is there
> a way around it?

Hey!  I have seen this before - ummm, when I was running with a 
minimal config.sys, but I could not reproduce it.

I suspect it's a problem with CWSDPMI, since DOS can loose file handles
on TSRs (which CWSDPMI is, even when running for a short while).

Ah - yes, I think I know the problem - and I think I can fix it for
the next beta...  Redirection ...