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Article #4Re: Patches to make BC++ 3.0 generated code 4DOS-aware
From: Nevo Y Hed
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 15:45
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 15:45
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>findfirst() and findnext() have nothing to do with the shell. They >are DOS interrupts (21/4E & 21/4F, respectively). Unless you are >willing to invoke shell to search for each file, which would be >pathetically slow, there is nothing JP Software can do for you. >You may use FCBs if you wish, they're faster... not any better though. BorlandC has it's own, non-dos findfirst find-next. I didn't do any reading on the difference. I think the original poster was looking for a OBJ or LIB file that provides the 4dos wildcard capability [e.g. "*y*.*" is legal while dos' has only y*.*]. Nevo -- Nevo Y. Hed nyh@wpi.wpi.edu ++1-508-754-2491 CS student, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. "I like my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth from time to time" G.Marx
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!wupost!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!news.bbn.com!noc.near.net!wpi.WPI.EDU!nyh From: nyh@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nevo Y Hed) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Patches to make BC++ 3.0 generated code 4DOS-aware Keywords: 4DOS, C, BC++ 3.0, setargv Message-ID: <Bsq3rs.Dz0@wpi.WPI.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 92 15:45:28 GMT References: <1992Aug08.180127.23394@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <b8zmck_.messina@netcom.com> Sender: news@wpi.WPI.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu