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- From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
- Subject: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ diff 3 of 4
- Expires: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:54:22 GMT
- Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 15:54:21 GMT
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- Please see part 1 for explanations.
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- - 12>Last-modified: 25 June 1992
- + 12>Last-modified: 19 July 1992
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- + 20> Copyright (C) 1992 Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems
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- -113> only DOS (as far as I know) uses the backslash in directory paths.
- +115> only DOS (and Atari ST/TT running TOS, I'm told) uses the backslash
- +116> in directory paths.
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- +300> A third approach is to bypass DOS functions entirely and use the
- +301> BIOS printer functions at INT 17. If you also fprintf(stdprn,...)
- +302> in the same program, you'll need to use fflush( ) to synchronize
- +303> fprintf( )'s buffered output with the BIOS's unbuffered.
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- -493> doesn't, you can use INT 21 function 4D (get return code).
- +500> doesn't, you can use INT 21 function 4D (get return code). By the
- +501> way, this will tell you the child's exit code and the manner of its
- +502> ending (normal, Ctrl-C, critical error, or TSR).
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- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems brown@Ncoast.ORG
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