Message-Id: Date: Tue, 14 Sep 99 15:18:48 MET DST From: Michel de Ruiter To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com cc: dj AT delorie DOT com Subject: Chmod bug Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Dear workers, I have found a very strange problem in DOS. MS-DOS 7.10 without Win98 GUI. It also happens in a DOS-box under Win98. You can experience it as follows: %DJDIR%\bin\echo.exe xmsxxxx0mytext This locks up DOS. I think this concerns two problems: - One minor one, the fact that arguments are globbed even when they do not contain special characters. This should be easy to fix. - One concerning the filename xmsxxxx0mytext, where mytext may be whatever you want, but at least 1 character. The problem is in _chmod: __crt0_glob_function -> glob -> glob2 -> __file_exists -> _chmod -> __dpmi_int The following is a minimal snippet that shows the exact behaviour: #include #include #include int main(void) { __dpmi_regs r; r.x.ax = 0x4300; _put_path("xmsxxxx0mytext"); r.x.dx = __tb_offset; r.x.ds = __tb_segment; __dpmi_int(0x21, &r); return 0; } I do not know of a simple workaround. Anyone? Groente, Michel. PS: I think any mail from @delorie.com to @cs.vu.nl is bounced (I do not receive djgpp-workers any more nor answer from DJ about that), so please reply to my other address, michel AT smr DOT nl. Maybe I should have posted this instead.