--- hdf-4.2.5-pre1/mfhdf/libsrc/file.c.maxavailfiles	2010-02-06 10:40:42.000000000 -0700
+++ hdf-4.2.5-pre1/mfhdf/libsrc/file.c	2010-02-09 13:53:09.600285597 -0700
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
    be in hlimits.h file in the future. EIP 2010-02-01*/
 
 #define H4_MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES 20000
-#define MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES  (((MAX_SYS_OPENFILES - 3) > H4_MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES) ? H4_MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES : (MAX_SYS_OPENFILES - 3)) 
+#define MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES  (((MAX_SYS_OPENFILES - 10) > H4_MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES) ? H4_MAX_AVAIL_OPENFILES : (MAX_SYS_OPENFILES - 10)) 
 
 static int _curr_opened = 0 ; /* the number of files currently opened */
 /* NOTE: _ncdf might have been the number of files currently opened, yet it
