DOS ain't dead - definitions again

definitions again (Developers)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 20.04.2024, 10:57

> > Or would you be hoping that another member of the committee
> > would have a good design?
>
> I have no idea if that is any standard,

I'm happy to make a BTTR standard.

> but the Microsoft path handling
> functions do a decent job.
> AFAICS the Watcom library provides the same services.

That's fine then.

I just had a look at the msged source code, and they use:

#include <dos.h>

and functions _dos_findfirst() and _dos_findnext().

And so if I'm writing a 64-bit Windows program - or
a 64-bit Linux program for that matter - I just use
those functions and rely on a library vendor (me
putting on a different hat) to provide those
functions using whatever underlying mechanism is
required for that system.

And then Linux and Windows become better DOSes.

Sounds fine to me.

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