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- SWAP [options] command [command-parameters] [> fileid]
- Brackets indicate optional parameters.
- Valid SWAP options are:
-
- -C Copy redirected output to the console.
- -D Disk file C:\SWAP.DAT is used instead of expanded memory.
- -F Forces SWAP to continue even if an interrupt vector points
- to the Swappee.
- -Q Quiet operation. Informational messages are not displayed.
-
- "Command" is any command that can be issued at the DOS prompt.
- "command-parameters" are parameters or options for the command.
- "fielid" is a DOS file or device to which output from the command
- line can be directed.
-
- Example: "SWAP tcc -c myfile.c"
-
- SWAP is a program by Nico Mak written in 100% MASM or TASM compatible
- assembly language. Its function is to swap out a current application
- to make available more memory for a second application to be loaded.
- An example would be calling a compiler from an editor. The editor
- would be swapped out, either to disk or expanded memory, making
- the memory normally reserved by the editor available to the compiler.
- COMMAND.COM must be in memory immediately before SWAP is called or
- the program will not work. Thus, the calling program should spawn
- a copy of COMMAND.COM to execute the DOS command you request. For
- more information, consult "Dr. Dobb's Journal", April 1989.
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- Copyright (c) 1988 by Nico Mak and Mansfield Software Group.
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