diff --git a/src/client/dtable.c b/src/client/dtable.c
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--- a/src/client/dtable.c
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-/*
- *  Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
- *  Copyright (C) 1986-2000, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
- *                           Ken Stevens, Steve McClure
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- *  ---
- *
- *  See the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all the
- *  related information and legal notices. It is expected that any future
- *  projects/authors will amend these files as needed.
- *
- *  ---
- *
- *  dtable.c: Machine-dependant descriptor table management
- * 
- *  Known contributors to this file:
- *     Steve McClure, 1998
- */
-
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-int
-getfdtablesize(void)
-{
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    return (_NFILE);
-#elif defined(hpux)
-    return (int)sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
-#else
-    return getdtablesize();
-#endif
-}