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echo: os2prog
to: Mark K Shumway
from: Mark Kimes
date: 1995-08-09 21:52:08
subject: Re: findfirst()

>> IMPORTANT:  I think they're all fixed by now,  but nearly every net
 >> (IBM, MS, Novell) had problems with multi-searches.  ...
 >> The symptoms included skipping files,  and returning an incorrect

 MK>Yikes! I hope you're right about them being fixed, sounds nasty.

WARNING:  Most of the networks have fixed their problems (Lantastic
being a notable exception), but many system operators have refused to
upgrade, so the buggy stuff is still out there.  Besides bugs in
returning multiple files in one call, bugs in MUST_HAVE_* are common.

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