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This command is only used by old DOS applications. They need the command to store data about open files. Newer DOS programs work with the files command. You can set the command to FCBS=4,2 to save some RAM.

note:
The FCBS command is also available in the settings notebook for every DOS program.

FCBS=Max,Don't close

Parameters:

• Max

  Max can be in the range from 1 to 255 .

• Don't close

  Don't close is an optional parameter and defines the number of files which can't be closed.
  They can be in the range from 0 to 254 but they must be smaller than the Max parameter.

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0
Yes	Yes	Yes