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From: cim2@pyuxv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Obtaining FILES= and BUFFERS= from a program
Message-ID: <269@pyuxv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 11:07:44 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  7 11:07:44 1987
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The easy (;-) way to do it is to open config.sys and scan
through it looking for BUFFERS=nn and FILES=nn - we do this on our
install scripts, as well as checking for things like ANSI.SYS
being installed.

Its pretty easy to do - we just use a little C language scanner.
I'm sorry, but the code is proprietary Bellcore so I can't send it
to you. (:-()

There is probably some obscure DOS service to do it, but why bother
writing assembler ?

Robert L. Fair, CHC
Bell Communications Research
Piscataway  NJ
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