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- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!jdickson
- From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
- Subject: Re: Question about AllocDosObject()
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.170906.8989@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: AllocDosObject directorys filesystem
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- References: <5415@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:09:06 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <5415@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Michael S Figg) writes:
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- >Can anybody give me a simple explanation of 'AllocDosObject()'. From the
- >autodocs it looks like it is used to create a new DOS object, but the ExAll()
- >or Examine() function (I don't remember which) seems to indicate that it is
- >needed to look at any existing directory. Does AllocDosObject() identify
- >a directory in the file system as a DOS object temporarily? An example would
- >be great.
- >
- >Thanks, Mike
- >
- >--
- >Perl doesn't mind a little pluralism-a perl | Michael Figg DSAC-FSD
- >script is correct if it's halfway readable | DLA Systems Automation Center
- >and gets the job done before your boss fires | Cols, Ohio mfigg@dsac.dla.mil
- >you. -- Wall and Schwartz ("Programming Perl")| CIS: 73777,360
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- AllocDosObject is currently no different than AllocMem. I asked about this a
- while ago, because I was interested in performing ExAll from tasks. Tasks can-
- not use the DOS library of which AllocDosObject is a part. However, tasks can
- simulate the operation by sending an ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL DOS packet. I'm not
- sure where this issue stands now.
-
- jeff
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