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- From: brett@jeack.apana.org.au (Brett Eden)
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- Subject: Re: BUG IN "STATUS" COMMAND FOUND
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 18:28:40 -0600
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- Hi Frank,
-
- : It happens under KS 2.05 + WB 2.1 too.
-
- Mmm.. I know - I just forgot to include that :)
-
- : Just a bit of background first:
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- : Every CLI task (off-hand I'm not certain what qualifies a task to be a CLI
- : task, but running it from a CLI would be favourite) has a unique
- : identifier, stored in the pr_TaskNum field of its Process structure. This
- : is an index into a table of ProcessId's which is stored in dos.library's
- : base structure. This field is defined as a LONG, which is a *signed* 32-bit
- : integer. It's maximum value is therefore 2^31-1, which just happens to be
- : 2147483647. The minimum legal value for a CLI is 1 (0 is reserved to
- : indicate a non-CLI process), but a signed integer can have a minimum value
- : of -2^31, or -2147483648. Remember these numbers.
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- Thanks for making that clear, Frank :) I wonder who was responsible for this little gem? Bryce Nesbitt
- if you are reading this - I love you man! ;-)
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- Brett
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