Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 18:27:30 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: TETTB <TETTB AT vitro DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Linking Err: too many sys files open
In-Reply-To: <34267870.1669@vitro.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970402182202.24503D-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII


On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, TETTB wrote:

>      I get an error when I'm trying to link c++ programs.  The error tells 
>      me that I have too many files open in the system.  I have about 5000 
>      kb of swap space and 50000 kb of memory.  The message leads me to 
>      believe that I don't have enough memory.

If the thing tells you that too many *files* are open, then why in the 
world would you think that your problem is with *memory*?  I would 
suggest to try to enlarge the maximum number of files your system can 
handle before considering that the damn thing lies about the cause of the 
trouble.

If you run on MS-DOS (no Windows), edit your CONFIG.SYS and add this line 
anywhere in the file:

	FILES=100

If your CONFIG.SYS already has a FILES= line, replace it with the above.
Then reboot your machine and try linking again.  If that won't help,
please tell more about your system configuration (hardware and software)
and also post the command line you use to link and the the exact text of
the error message(s) that you see.