Subj : *.SYS and pascal
To   : Donald Tidmore
From : Dennis Collins
Date : Thu Feb 22 2007 06:38 pm

 DT> Why can't the DOS programs create a sub-directory on the
 DT> hard drive they are being used on, and use that for storage
 DT> of its data files? I just can't imagine there is ANYONE who
 DT> is using a system that does not have a hard drive in it. I

It is doing this at the moment BUT the routines are doing a continuous loop 
looking for a semaphore file and only exiting when it is found thus the HD is 
continually active. This is creating a problem with other nodes when they 
attempt to access the same folder especially when trying to read/write a file 
that is assigned as a global semaphore file and uses LOCK/UNLOCK routines.

I am going to try tonight to put in a timed delay into the loop.

cheers Dennis

.... 586, 32Mb 40ns RAM, 4Gb 2ms HD.  Now Windows will beat DOS!
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