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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: DOSBase
Message-ID: <22423@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 22:40:49 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.072854.12241@disk.uucp>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun13.072854.12241@disk.uucp> specter@disk.uucp (Byron Max Guernsey) writes:
>Does the dos library always need to be opened? I normally open it, but I noticed
>that I forgot one time and it worked fine with the DOS calls. (I think I was
>using Delay() ) I guess it is poor practice not to open it, since if all dos
>using processes were gone you would be out of luck correct?

The reason you may have worked is because you are a C program with standard
startup.  Most startup code for C (?can I say all?) automatically set up
DOSBase for you.  (They also set up SysBase...)  So in C, you normally would
not need to open DOSBase.

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