m_hanft@msn.rmi.de (Matthias Hanft) (10/04/89)
I'm using DOS function 67H of INT 21H to allocate space for more than the usual 20 file handles. (This function is available from DOS 3.3 on, but there is a way to increase the number of file handles in earlier versions of DOS, too, which works fine as well.) My problem is: If I'm using Novell Netware (that is, if I have network access to a file server, using IPX and NET3), the DOS call won't work any more, even not on the local hard disk. I can DOS tell any handle count I like, it won't let me open more than 15 files simultaneously any more. (Of course, I have written "FILES=99" or something like that into my CONFIG.SYS file. Without NET3, it works.) Can anyone imagine why NET3 limits the number of file handles again? And what to do to overcome this problem? Any help would be much appreciated - thank you very much in advance!!! Matthias Hanft (m_hanft@msn.rmi.de)
tim@j.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange) (10/06/89)
You can change the number of files open with a setting in the SHELL.CFG. This file is described in the Novell manuals and should be in the current directory when you run ipx/net3. Tim. -- Tim Lange. Purdue U. Computing Center/MATH Bldg./W. Lafayette, IN 47907/317-494-1787 Arpanet & Bitnet=tim@j.cc.purdue.edu CIS=75410,525
Wes@cup.portal.com (Wes H Cowley) (10/06/89)
Novell's Netware relys on a file called SHELL.CFG to get parameters such as the max number of file handles. Create the file in the directory you execute IPX and NET3 from. Include the line FILE HANDLES = 99 (I believe that's the correct syntax. Check the back of the Supervisor manual to be sure).