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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 17:44:40 -0400
From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt.
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ENFILE error
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, John M. Aldrich wrote:
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> > (I can't imagine Win95 working properly with only 20 available
> > handles!)
> 
> I think it can.  Windows 95 adds handles to every DOS session, beyond the
> number in CONFIG.SYS.

That's what I meant.  With FILES=20, Win95 would have to add file
handles in order to work properly.  It stands to reason that it could
then provide those extra handles to DOS sessions.

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