Hello,
Is there any reason why Wine's implementation of DOS function 0x3c (create file with handle) explicitly ignores the invalid flag bits (volume label and directory)? NT4 returns error if any of these bits is set. Some PKSFX files have problem with this, since they try to create directories the invalid way (function 0x3c, flag=0x30, that is, archive directory), and they create FILES instead, which they can not cd later, of course... I was not able to find any information on possible extended use of the above function. So again, is there any reason why Wine does not conform the specification? Feri.
On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 11:14:43PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
Hello,Is there any reason why Wine's implementation of DOS function 0x3c (create file with handle) explicitly ignores the invalid flag bits (volume label and directory)? NT4 returns error if any of these bits is set. Some PKSFX files have problem with this, since they try to create directories the invalid way (function 0x3c, flag=0x30, that is, archive directory), and they create FILES instead, which they can not cd later, of course... I was not able to find any information on possible extended use of the above function. So again, is there any reason why Wine does not conform the specification?
Golden rule: Whenever you're unsure of something, always assume the worst possible way.
In other words: I guess nobody really tested int21 CREAT in Wine (instead people probably simply noticed that some DOS program needed it, so they implemented it, although sub-optimally)
Feel free to fix it...
Andreas Mohr
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Ferenc Wagner