Re: Exit without closing files

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From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:25

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bsn@world.std.com (Brent S Noorda) writes:

>I would like to have a program open a file, pass the handle to a TSR, then
>exit so that the TSR can continue to write to the file.  However, the
>DOS exit function closes all files opened by the executable.  Is there a way
>to exit without closing opened files?

Before you open the file, you set the PSP to the TSR's PSP (but don't
forget to reset it later).  Then the TSR will "own" the file, and it
will not be closed when you exit.

-frisk

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From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
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Subject: Re: Exit without closing files
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Date: 13 Oct 92 15:25:50 GMT
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