Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 10:28:45 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: M DOT Piff AT sheffield DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: novice has another question
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

>>> When I attempt to compile, it tells me there are too many open files.
>>I'll ask the obvious question: what do you have in config.sys for FILES=?
>>The README.DOC file recommends at least 15.
>60

On that case, I don't know the answer.  Are you running under DOS, Windows or
OS/2?  Do you get this message even for trivial programs?  Add the -v option
to gcc and it will tell you the commands it is executing.  Which step fails?
Is there anything unusual about your system configuration (special drivers,
files from a network, etc.)?