Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:19:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "art s. kagel IFMX x2697" <kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com>
To: TETTB <TETTB AT vitro DOT com>
Cc: comp DOT os DOT msdos DOT djgpp AT v7 DOT vitro DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Linking Err: too many sys files open
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Check the FILES= parameter line in your config.sys (or whatever) it is 
probably too small. Increase it.  DJGPP needs handles for several open 
files including your source, object output, intermediate files and temp 
files.  FILES=20 s/b/enough though I use FILES=50.

Art S. Kagel, kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

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 
[SNIP]