From: "Xavier Robitaille" <xavier DOT robitaille AT videotron DOT ca>
Newsgroups: alt.msdos,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: EMFILE error in DOS-6.22
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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:01:53 -0500
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Hello,
I'm trying to compile a library with DJGPP in DOS-6.22.
The link command is the following :

ar rcs libfgl.a fastgl.o widgets.o msdos.o engine.o timer.o ... (long list
of .o)

and it generates the following error :

c:\DJGPP\BIN/ar.exe : engine.o : Too many open files (EMFILE)

I understand that the linker (ar.exe) can not create enough file handles to
link the whole .o list.
Surely DOS allows the use of more than 4 file handes... Is there a way I can
configure to change this.
I've already added the following line in my config.sys but it doesn't solve
my problem :
    set FILES=70


Thanks,
Xavier