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Hello Jasen - 

WS>>>> As for MessyDOS and "findfirst()" ? Well, I have yet to
WS>>>> try it under GNU GCC. Maybe the Borland C Museum site
WS>>>> has some routines. 

NH>>> Actually, findfirst and findnext are DOS BIOS routines.
NH>>> Both Borland and MS merely plug into the interrupt. You
NH>>> could roll your own, if worst comes to worst, but it may
NH>>> not work on a non-Intel-workalike. 

CA>> The fact that Linux will mount FAT partitions and read the
CA>> directories would indicate that there _are_ libraries
CA>> available to emulate findfirst and findnext that 'gcc' can
CA>> use. 

JB> no it doesn't. 

JB> it indicates that there is linux code to access a FAT
JB> volume consistenlty 

JB> Under linux you must use the unix API to read the directory
JB> of mounted FAT volumes. 

You're back to your "no it's not" mode I see. 

Do you realize this reply contradicts your other reply and
really is a load of bull anyhow? 

The required code to read a DOS directory exists within Linux
and can be re-used. Don't get carried away with gibberish here. 

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