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From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: 386bsd: {src,etc}dist won't extract
Message-ID: <1992Aug30.084604.18558@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Date: 30 Aug 92 08:46:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: hippo.1992Aug30.084604.18558
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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The message "too many open files" occurs when I extract srcdist and
bindist, but there is no problem with bindist.

There is 560+ Mbytes available in the 386bsd partition.

Can anyone advise how they managed to do the extractions?

Mike
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Mike Lawrie                                    <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Director, Computing Services                   ph +27 461 22023 x 279
Rhodes University, Drostdy Rd                  fx +27 461 25049
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
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Mike Lawrie                                    <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Director, Computing Services                   ph +27 461 22023 x 279
Rhodes University, Drostdy Rd                  fx +27 461 25049
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa