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From: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Reading DOS directories.
Message-ID: <407@ecn-pc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 15:37:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecn-pc.407
Posted: Wed Oct 23 15:37:35 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Oct-85 20:12:35 EDT
Reply-To: langet@pur-ee.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Organization: Engineering Administration, Purdue University
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Hi!  I am trying to get an assembler program running that will
read the entries in a sub-directory.  I am running on an IBM
PC/XT that is using DOS 2.1.  I have set up an extended FCB with
the attribute byte set for system+readonly+directory permission.
The DOS Technical manual says this will allow directories to be
accessed.  I am using function 0F to open the directory FCB after
I stick the directory name in the name field.  After opening, it 
gets the date of the directory stored and no errors are returned.  
I set the record size to 32 bytes and the current block and
record to zero, I then try to read the directory file with function 
14 but get error code for no data read.  

Anybody got any suggestions or pointers to help me figure out
what I am doing wrong?  Thanks in advance for all help.
-- 
Tim Lange		Engineering Business Offices
317-494-5338		Rm 120 Engineering Administration Bldg.
Purdue University 	West Lafayette, IN  47907
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