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From: bamford@ihuxw.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Need more info on DOS exec function
Message-ID: <453@ihuxw.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 11:31:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 22 11:31:58 1983
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I've tried four times to send this to the author by mail but I think the
path got munged.  In any case, I suspect the reply will be of interest to
many people.  

I saw Brad Davis' article on net.micro.pc concerning the DOS 2.0 exec
function call (4B).  Unfortunately, I don't understand how to use this
macro.  I am trying to set up something similiar to a "system()" call
from a C program running on the ibm-pc.  Since I am using C, I am not even
a little bit familiar with the assembly language portion of the system.

Looking at the documentation (such as it is) it seems that memory must be
freed by using function call 4A.  What is the trick to doing this?

I would certainly appreciate some help (basic tho' it be) on this.

			Thanks,
			
-- 
				Harold Bamford
				Bell Labs
				Naperville, Illinois
				(312) 979-0804
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