Date:	Wed, 14 May 2003 23:59:28 +0300
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: no Dos memory (was: Too many open file)
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> From: wajnberg AT antibes DOT inra DOT fr (Eric Wajnberg)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:41:33 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> As you can see, it lauchs b.exe an infinite number of times. If I run this
> second code, I get a crash arround 2000-2500 on my system (under Windows
> 98).

This is a known problem with the DPMI server built into Windows: it
leaks resources such as DPMI descriptors and DOS memory (used for the
transfer buffer); see section 3.3 of the DJGPP FAQ list.

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