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From: | Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Updating the program caller's environment from the called program |
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Date: | Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:53:49 GMT |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:23:44 +0200, "west.usenetserver.com" <glenm AT myself DOT com> wrote: > >> Within the limits of 'documented' DOS services, you can't do that. You >> have to do some dirty undocumented tricks to walk the chain of memory >> blocks managed by DOS, and find the environment of the calling >> program. One big problem with this is that this environment block will >> often not have enough 'slack' space to store big changes in, >> i.e. you'll likely end up with 'out of environments space' situations. > >True enough... Any idea where one can find these "undocumented tricks"? Google.com? -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/
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