Re: findfirst() / _dos_findfirst()

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From: Philip McNab
Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00

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On Wednesday, in article <831588719snz@pdlmail.demon.co.uk>
     pete@pdlmail.demon.co.uk "Peter Disdale" wrote:

PD> In any case, "both" functions would eventually end in a DOS
PD> call to services 0x4e/0x4f.  Though the peculiar logic of
PD> this call wrt file attributes has always baffled me :-)

Me too!  If anyone has the wisdom and inclination to explain it, I'm
sure we could regard it as on-topic, since there are so many parts of
the DIS suite that rely on it.  And I'd love to be released from my
ignorance :)

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/ Philip McNab  // philip@siberia.demon.co.uk /

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