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- DDL (Device Driver Load)
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- SYNTAX: DDL <device pathname> [<device parameters>]
-
- This loads a device driver without the need to reboot the computer.
- The full pathname is required, parameters for the device driver may be
- specified. This can be especially useful when loading a device driver
- that is only occasionally used. So, to load the ANSI.SYS device
- driver, type:
-
- DDL C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
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-
- DDU (Device Driver Unload)
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- SYNTAX: ddu <device name> or...
- ddu <drive letter>:
-
- This unloads a device driver that has been loaded using DDL. Other
- devices may not be unloaded. If unloading a block device such as a ram
- disk, all units of that device will be unloaded. The drive letter
- specified must also be the first unit of the device. That means that
- if the device driver loads drives E: and F:, you must specify drive E:
- to unload, and both will then be unloaded).
-
- Block devices must be unloaded in the reverse order to which they were
- loaded. To unload a ram drive called E: type:
-
- DDU E:
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- LDD (List Device Drivers)
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- Syntax: LDD
-
- Lists all loaded device drivers. If they did not alter the interrupt
- vectors, device drivers loaded using DDL are high-lighted with an
- asterisk, otherwise with an exclamation mark.
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- P. Frost 1991
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