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Article #4939Re: Writing programs for background tasks
From: Michael Griffith
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 1990 08:05
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 1990 08:05
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I have absolutely no idea from your original article what language you
are programming in. But, if you are using Manx Aztec C (my version is 3.6a),
a feature was provided to supply this capability. First, you declare four
long integers at the beginning of your program:
long _stack=<value>; /* size of stack to use, 0 to use current CLI value */
long _priority=<value>; /* priority to run at (normally 0) */
long _BackGroundIO=<value>; /* nonzero if output to CLI console is needed */
char *_procname="<name>"; /* string containing name of the new process */
You then link detach.o to your program, which takes care of detaching your
program from it's initial CLI, optionally running it in the background.
Michael Griffith
griffith@eecs.ee.pdx.edu
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"Say, 'I will not program in Pascal.'"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!psueea!eecs!griffith From: griffith@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Michael Griffith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Writing programs for background tasks Message-ID: <3257@psueea.UUCP> Date: 20 Aug 90 08:05:29 GMT References: <3066@orbit.cts.com> Sender: news@psueea.UUCP Reply-To: griffith@eecs.UUCP (Michael Griffith) Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR Lines: 17