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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:17:36 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Linker error
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gs_ramsu AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> 
> I just finished installing DJGPP on an i486 box running DOS. Tried to
> compile a simple "Hello, world!" program to check it out.
> 
> The command I gave was : gcc hello.c -o hello.exe -lm
> 
> The system gave me an error message saying :
> 
> c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lc: Too many open files in system
> (ENFILE)
> 
> Could someone how I can fix this?

Try putting a line in CONFIG.SYS that says "FILES=60".  If it's already
there, change it.

If that doesn't help, post again.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com