From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Simple MKDIR problem
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 13:25:55 -0700
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dsk wrote:
> 
> Here's the simple code
> 
> void _mkdir(char *dir)
> {
>   _REGS r;
>   r.h.ah = 0x39;
>   r.x.ds = (ulong)(dir) >> 16;
>   r.x.dx = (ulong)(dir) & 15;
> _int(0x21, r);
>   printf("\nError number: %d %s", r.x.ax);
> }
> 
> When I ran it _mkdir("c:\\test\\somethin"), it just return error 3 (path
> not found). Why??

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