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From: rf@wu1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: exec function, help wanted
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 15:02:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 15:02:35 1984
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Jaap van den Eersten writes:

>> I cannot get the EXEC function working. In the example program I am trying
>> to execute the Personal Editor, editting the file 'test'. The EXEC function
>> results in executing PE, the filename is rubbish (should be test).
>> Exit from PE results in a hang up of the PC. Does anyone know a solution
>> to this problem? The DOS manual tells not much about the EXEC function.

>> Thanks in advance for any help
>> Jaap van den Eersten

A friend (Charles Zamloot) opines that one must initialize file
control block 1 (and possibly 2 as well) before PE will open the
file properly.  PE apparently uses the DOS 1.1 file i/o
operations and therefore assumes that the file blocks are
initialized.  The program must either initialize the FCB's or
invoke COMMAND.COM with a parameter line of "/c pe test".


				Randolph Fritz
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