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From: CDCKAB%EMUVM1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu ( Karl Brendel)
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Subject: Re: FindFirst
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Date: 11 Apr 91 12:39:11 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.134936.13981@odin.diku.dk>, ballerup@diku.dk
  (Per Goetterup) wrote:

>Try simply to search for directories using the 'Directory' attribute mask
>and you'll not only find directories but also close to everything else (I
>think, perhaps VolumeID's excluded).
>
>This is NOT directly a bug in TP because it also happens if you try the same
>in assembler! - A bug in DOS it seems!
>
>Perhaps Borland COULD have included a work-around in their code by simply
>checking the found file's attributes and search again if it didn't match...
>
>I do just that myself and it's not really a big bother, but still - it is
>SUPPOSED to work...!

I don't think this can be properly described as a "bug" in either
TPas or DOS, since it is documented in each case. Whether Borland's
FindFirst _should_ work so much like the equivalent DOS call is a
different question, but at least it works the way the manual _says_
it does.

Cheers--                        --Karl

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