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From: valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: lattice cback.o question
Keywords: lattice, cback.o, background proces
Message-ID: <11451@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 9 May 90 06:28:01 GMT
References: <1207@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl>
Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax (Valentin Pepelea)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1207@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> arian@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Koster A.) writes:
>
> At the moment I'm experimenting with cback.o startup routine from
> lattice 5.02. I thought when you close the _Backstdout filehandler you
> can close the window in wich you started the command. But I can't get
> it to work.
>
> ...
>
>long _stack = 4000;
> char *_procname = "my_program";
> long _priority = 0;
> long _BackGroundIO = 1;
> extern long _Backstdout;
>
> #define MSG "HELLO WORLD\n"
>
> void main()
> {
>	long i;
>	Write(_Backstdout, MSG, strlen(MSG));
>	Close(_Backstdout);
>	for (i=0;i<5000000;i++);
> }

The problem is not with you, but rather the documentation. Replace the line
"void main()" with "void _main()". It's that simple. One of these days, I'll
call Lattice and tell them about the error. I myself have spent half a day
on that one.

Valentin
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