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Article #5917Re: Does Everybody leave dos.library open?
From: Rick M Plavnicky
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 01:53
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 01:53
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In a recent article kris@kriski.toppoint.de (Kristian Koehntopp) writes: }In article <14721@netcom.UUCP> mcmahan@netcom.UUCP (Dave Mc Mahan) writes: }> I was just cruising through some software today, and noticed that many,man programs leave the dos.library open after exiting. In fact, it seems to be }> a majority in the (limited) sample of stuff I tested, mostly PD. } }This is due to an error in the startup-code of Manx Aztec C Compiler, which }was present to at least version 3.6. This startup-code opened the }dos.library but did not close it automatically. I always added an appropiate }"CloseLibrary" to my programs. } }Kristian I just looked at this in Manx 5.0d, and apparently dos.library is now closed properly at exit time. /* Rick Plavnicky ...!sun!cup.portal.com!plav -or- plav@cup.portal.com */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!plav From: plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Does Everybody leave dos.library open? Message-ID: <34971@cup.portal.com> Date: 18 Oct 90 01:53:35 GMT References: <14721@netcom.UUCP> <CEDMAN.90Oct13225759@lynx.ps.uci.edu> <14766@netcom.UUCP> <1278@kriski.toppoint.de> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 18