Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:06:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Phelps <morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu>
To: Kenneth Loafman <loafman AT gte DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is Nested DPMI Possible?
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On 26 Aug 1997, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> Please!
> 
> I've been through all the FAQ's, readme's, etc., and I still cannot find an
> acceptable answer (Yes is the acceptable answer!).
> 
> What I need to do is spawn a program (namely PVCS executables) under a
> Win95 DOS box and be portable to UNIX at the same time.  DJGPP will get me

What's wrong with something like spawnlp(P_WAIT, "myprog", "myprog", 0);
(prototyped in process.h)?  There are a whole family of spawn*()
functions; type "info libc alpha spawn" for full descriptions.

> most of the way with its portability, but I'm stuck on DPMI services.  It
> turns out that all of the PVCS routines use DOS4GW as their extender and
> that is mentioned as a no-no by at least PMODE 1.2.  I've tried GO32,
> CWSDPMI, and PMODE to no avail (all under DJGPP v2).  Is it possible to do
> what I need to do?  What other package do I need (other than a Mickeysoft
> package, of course)?  Did I miss a FAQ?
> 
> ...Kenneth
> 

You don't need any packages above and beyond those normally required for a
DJGPP program to run (such as a DPMI provider).


						---Michael Phelps
						   morphine AT cs DOT jhu DOT edu


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