Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:48:49 +0100
From: Matthias Paul <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: DR-DOS LFN detection?
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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On 2003-03-06, Joe da Silva wrote:

> Now, does anyone know what technique it uses to determine if an LFN
> API is available? There doesn't seem to be any "installation check"
> sort of sub-function listed under INT 21/71 (in Ralf Brown's interrupt
> list).

You're right, there is no "install check" per se, but you can check
the availability of the LFN API by carefully looking at the error
return (Flags). RBIL61 has the details.

Greetings,

 Matthias

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