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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:16:51 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Too many open files (EMFILE)
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On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, deckerben wrote:

> d:/user/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open print-rtl.o: Too many open files
> (EMFILE)
> 
> Now, I did a little reading on this and it is a UNIX error message saying
> that the environment doesn't have any more space for files.
> I am running DJGPP in a cmd.exe shell. Should I run MAKE in a command.com
> shell instead? Should I set my FILES= higher in Config.sys? Should I set
> NOFILES in the config.site? I have tried both without success (FILES=75;
> NOFILES=75). Or is there something else I still need to do?
> 
> Is there a FAQ or reference about this?

At last, the correct question ;-)

Please see section 9.7 of the DJGPP FAQ list for information about this.
I hope it is still valid for W2K.