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Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity (Users)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 30.07.2023, 13:20

> Hoping that someone may know of a program that logs another programs
> activity, i.e. like a windows event logger. For example I have an old
> custom dos program which is likely looking for a config file or another
> executable but instead of crashing with an error it just exits.
>
> So if there is a program which could log a programs activity then hopefully
> that would give me the information I need to resolve the issue.
>
> Is there such a program for DOS?

Haven't used it in a while but https://pushbx.org/ecm/download/interc3.zip should do this. However, it does not record the buffer contents like filenames, so you may have to use a debugger to re-run your application and break on particular addresses, then inspect memory. Documentation is at https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/interc3/file/b2e6dc328b6e/INTERCEP.DOC

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Complete thread:

• Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity - PGN_DOS88, 29.07.2023, 23:14 (Users)
  • Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity - Rugxulo, 30.07.2023, 00:47
    • Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity - PGN_DOS88, 30.07.2023, 01:11
  • Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity - ecm, 30.07.2023, 13:20
    • Looking for an old DOS program that logs event activity - PGN_DOS88, 30.07.2023, 19:35