Dear all,
I'm having a DOS program which operates on many files. Trying to run it under DOSBox results in Dos Error 4 (too many open files).
Under real DOS I got it working by setting "files=250" in config.sys. How can I do the same trick in DOSBox ?
Thanks much in advance,
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Oleg Zhukov
recompile dosbox and setting DOS_FILES to 255 in some include
it is 127 currently
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I think dosbox.conf is ripe for a config.sys section.
Don't see any reason.
Dear one - I humbly suggest that whoever wrote a program that requires more than 127 open files needs to think again and figure out a better way to solve the problem.
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It's quite unlikely that the software is still actively developed, 🤣
Also config.sys for DOSBox would be absolutely pointless. It was meant for drivers and such.
Not pointless, and the reason is the topic of this thread, "and such," like setting files.
and the reason is the topic of this thread
Which is irrelevant as it's no game.
Thank you very much! I'll try to recompile DOSBox and will post here any questions that will arise during the process 😀
As for the program under question - it's still slightly supported but I doubt that the developer will revise its behaivor with regard to opening less amount of files... So the solution for me is to recompile DOSBox.
Thanks again,
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Oleg Zhukov
