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To:	blp01 AT uow DOT edu DOT au, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Writing TSRs
Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 1998 17:56:34 -0700
Message-ID:	<19980602005455.AAH11858@ppp124.cartsys.com>

At 09:22  5/31/1998 GMT, Brett Porter wrote:
>On 31 May 1998 03:58:35 GMT, malcolmj7 AT aol DOT com (MalcolmJ7) wrote:
>
>>Is there a way to write TSRs in DJGPP?
>>I used to use _dos_keep, but it's not in DJGPP.
>>
>>How do I write them in DJGPP?
>>
>
>Like this:
>
>char *path = getenv( "COMSPEC" );
>execl( path, path, NULL );
>
>This causes a DOS shell, with your program still loaded. There isn't
>any other way, the normal DOS keep function is not supported.

There are other ways; it is in fact possible to write a true TSR with DJGPP.
An example may be found in v2tk/.

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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