DOS ain't dead - recursing subdirectories

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posted by kerravon , Ligao, Free World North, 26.10.2025, 03:22

> Programmers' manuals from Microsoft for multiple versions of MS-DOS (I
> checked 2.0, 3.2 and 4.0) describe a 43-byte struct. The 3.2 and 4.0
> manuals have example code that reserves exactly 43 bytes for a findfirst
> buffer.

Thanks. I found that here, by searching for find_first (with an underscore):

https://www.pcjs.org/documents/books/mspl13/msdos/dosref40/

I'd like to make sure I have a legal copy of this.

Apparently this was on a "Microsoft Programmer’s Library 1.3 CD-ROM":

https://www.pcjs.org/documents/books/mspl13/

I don't want to join the MSDN or anything like that. But I'm happy to
purchase something from ebay.

I already have purchased things like DOS 6.22 (I think) from ebay, and
a lot of other stuff. I may already have the manual (at another location)
now that I know what to look for.

Any idea what my options are? How did Microsoft make this available?

I already checked their github for MSDOS 4.0 and they didn't provide
the manuals.

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Complete thread:

recursing subdirectories - kerravon, 20.10.2025, 08:15 (Developers)
- recursing subdirectories - ecm, 20.10.2025, 08:54
  - recursing subdirectories - kerravon, 20.10.2025, 18:02
    - recursing subdirectories - redirector - ecm, 20.10.2025, 20:30
      - recursing subdirectories - redirector - ecm, 20.10.2025, 20:33
      - recursing subdirectories - redirector - kerravon, 25.10.2025, 16:56
        recursing subdirectories - redirector - usotsuki, 25.10.2025, 18:15
        recursing subdirectories - redirector - kerravon, 26.10.2025, 03:22
        recursing subdirectories - redirector - Rugxulo, 26.10.2025, 03:34