Hello Murray!

Saturday October 12 1996 22:10, Murray Lesser wrote to Keith Thomson:

 KT>> Yeah, I dont think there ARE any limits to open files in OS/2, The
 >> Files= is ONLY for dos programs because it is obsolete.

 ML> Hi Keith--

 ML>     FILES= is also used when OS/2 programs (or data) are in FAT
 ML> partitions.  If FILES= is large enough, all of the allocation tables
 ML> supporting all open files in FAT partitions will be carried in memory
 ML> instead of on disk, so access will be much faster.  An IBM
 ML> recommendation I have seen warns to never set FILES= to less than 60
 ML> if you have any FAT partitions.

Ahh that explains it.. I've never had a FAT partition that i have used any
OS2 programs on :) The only time i've used FAT partitions is playing
DOOM/etc.

Kzinti RedClaw (kzinti{at}gj.net), [Team LORE, Team OS/2 (Fanatics Division)]

... I think so brain, But if we didn't have ears, We'd look like WEASELS!
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