[comp.sys.mac.system] Error -42

bruggink@vms.macc.wisc.edu (06/14/91)

Is there a way to increase the number of files (windows?) system 6.x allows
open at once?

I frequently get the error -42, which I'm assuming is too many files open;
typically I'm running Textures (which opens a lot of font files at launch),
and usually a couple of NCSA Telnet sessions are running.  When I try to
print, print monitor comes back w/ this error code; sometimes I get the
immediate message (from textures) "can't open the printer:  too many files".

So, how to fix?

--dennis bruggink     bruggink@ccc.nersc.gov