Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 18:56:26 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: JPB <aaton AT alpes-net DOT fr>
Cc: djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Too many open files in system
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On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, JPB wrote:

> I am using the version 2 of DJGPP. I've got the following problem : after 
> making approximatively 40 compilations, the same fatal error occurs. The 
> error message "Too many open files in system (ENFILE)" appears at the 
> load of <file>.h during the compilation. I've got to reboot the system 
> and I can work without any problem for 40 new compilations.

Details, please.  Do you compile from the DOS command line? from an editor
(if so, which one)? from Make?  What do you use as your DPMI server?
Windows? CWSDPMI?  What is your FILES= setting on your CONFIG.SYS?