Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:43:20 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: sjl AT pl DOT jaring DOT my
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Help! Newbie in trouble!
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 sjl AT pl DOT jaring DOT my wrote:

> 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 does the FILES= directive on your CONFIG.SYS say?  Also, does this 
happen on plain DOS or inside Windows DOS box?