[comp.sys.mac] Error -42, "Too many files open" in Textures

mj@brunix (Mark Johnson) (11/14/89)

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We keep getting error -42 "Too many files open" when we try
to run complex Textures documents, especially under the
Multifinder.  We have Textures version 1.01f.  We don't
know if this is a Textures or a Mac OS limitation on the
number of open files.

Is there a simple way of increasing the maximum number of 
open files?

Thanks,

Mark Johnson,
Heinrich Bulthoff.

doner@henri.ucsb.edu (John Doner) (11/14/89)

In article <20627@brunix.UUCP> mj@monaco.UUCP (Mark Johnson) writes:
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>We keep getting error -42 "Too many files open" when we try
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>Is there a simple way of increasing the maximum number of 
>open files?
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Yes.  Use FEdit Plus, open the boot volume, and choose Edit Boot
Blocks from the File menu.  Then change the max number of open files.
As I recall, with current Mac systems, the actual number allowed will
be four times the number in the boot blocks.

John Doner		doner@henri.ucsb.edu
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