casper@iesd.auc.dk (Casper Millum) (03/26/91)
I have a problem with the IBM PC LAN Token Ring (Base Mode) concerning File Handlers. I am working with the B-Tree Filer and Turbo Pascal 6.0. When I from an application on a local workstation opens a file on the server, I allocate one File Handle on the local workstation and one File Handle on the server. If I from an other workstation opens the same file on the server, I also allocate one File Handle on this workstation and once more I allocate a new File Handle on the server for the same file. This implies that the server allocates several File Handles for the same file. At the same time a Token Ring/DOS-server is limited to a maximum of 255 File Handles. This limitation causes me troubles. Do you know if it is possible to avoid that the server will allocate several File Handles (one for each application running on a local workstation) for the same file. If you have any suggestions to solve the problems, please mail me.