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/* $Id: exec.h,v 1.2 2004/07/11 09:32:05 ozzmosis Exp $ */
#ifndef _EXEC_H
#define _EXEC_H
/* EXEC.H: EXEC function with memory swap - Main function header file.
Public domain software by
Thomas Wagner
Ferrari electronic GmbH
Beusselstrasse 27
D-1000 Berlin 21
Germany
*/
extern int do_exec(const char *xfn, const char *pars, int spawn,
unsigned needed, char **envp);
/*
The EXEC function.
Parameters:
xfn is a string containing the name of the file
to be executed.
pars The program parameters.
spawn If 0, the function will terminate after the
EXECed program returns, the function will not return.
NOTE: If the program file is not found, the function
will always return with the appropriate error
code, even if 'spawn' is 0.
If non-0, the function will return after executing the
program. If necessary (see the "needed" parameter),
memory will be swapped out before executing the program.
For swapping, spawn must contain a combination of the
following flags:
USE_EMS (0x01) - allow EMS swap
USE_XMS (0x02) - allow XMS swap
USE_FILE (0x04) - allow File swap
The order of trying the different swap methods can be
controlled with one of the flags
EMS_FIRST (0x00) - EMS, XMS, File (default)
XMS_FIRST (0x10) - XMS, EMS, File
If swapping is to File, the attribute of the swap file
can be set to "hidden", so users are not irritated by
strange files appearing out of nowhere with the flag
HIDE_FILE (0x40) - create swap file as hidden
and the behaviour on Network drives can be changed with
NO_PREALLOC (0x100) - don't preallocate
CHECK_NET (0x200) - don't preallocate if file on net.
This checking for Network is mainly to compensate for
a strange slowdown on Novell networks when preallocating
a file. You can either set NO_PREALLOC to avoid allocation
in any case, or let the prep_swap routine decide whether
to do preallocation or not depending on the file being
on a network drive (this will only work with DOS 3.1 or
later).
needed The memory needed for the program in paragraphs (16 Bytes).
If not enough memory is free, the program will
be swapped out.
Use 0 to never swap, 0xffff to always swap.
If 'spawn' is 0, this parameter is irrelevant.
envp The environment to be passed to the spawned
program. If this parameter is NULL, a copy
of the parent's environment is used (i.e.
'putenv' calls have no effect). If non-NULL,
envp must point to an array of pointers to
strings, terminated by a NULL pointer (the
standard variable 'environ' may be used).
Return value:
0x0000..00FF: The EXECed Program's return code
0x0101: Error preparing for swap: no space for swapping
0x0102: Error preparing for swap: program too low in memory
0x0200: Program file not found
0x03xx: DOS-error-code xx calling EXEC
0x0400: Error allocating environment buffer
0x0500: Swapping requested, but prep_swap has not
been called or returned an error.
0x0501: MCBs don't match expected setup
0x0502: Error while swapping out
*/
/* Return codes (only upper byte significant) */
# define RC_PREPERR 0x0100
# define RC_NOFILE 0x0200
# define RC_EXECERR 0x0300
# define RC_ENVERR 0x0400
# define RC_SWAPERR 0x0500
/* Swap method and option flags */
# define USE_EMS 0x01
# define USE_XMS 0x02
# define USE_FILE 0x04
# define EMS_FIRST 0x00
# define XMS_FIRST 0x10
# define HIDE_FILE 0x40
# define NO_PREALLOC 0x100
# define CHECK_NET 0x200
# define USE_ALL (USE_EMS | USE_XMS | USE_FILE)
#endif