Message-ID:	<357866C8.7F947E2B@cs.com>
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.
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: ENFILE error
References:	<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 980605101727 DOT 4137A-100000 AT is>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> > (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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