Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:09:12 +0100 (MET)
From:	Theuzifan <uzi AT simauria DOT upv DOT es>
To:	sjl AT pl DOT jaring DOT my
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Help! Newbie in trouble!
In-Reply-To:	<199712150554.NAA26330@relay2.jaring.my>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.971215090743.6912B-100000@silvia.rec.upv.es>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 sjl AT pl DOT jaring DOT my wrote:

> Hi everyone! I am a perfect dunce in the C++ world and I'm just starting to
> learn the basics. Problem is, I don't even know how to link my program. I
> type the following:
> 
> gcc myfile.c -o myfile.exe -lm
> 
> And I get a message like this:
> 
> c:/djgpp/bin\ld.exe: cannot open -lm: Too many open files in system (ENFILE)
> 
> What am I doing wrong ? What shall I do? Thanks a million!! :)
> 
> Chip
> 

Try setting this in your config.sys file:
 FILES=60
Yes, it's maybe excessive, but GCC opens a lot of temp files when
compiling...

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