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to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: MATHIEU BOUCHARD
date: 1998-04-26 22:09:00
subject: CALLING DOS COMMANDS

 MB>> there is a spawn() call in linux/glibc, i think, but that's not POSIX
 MB>> and that's not a system call either. It might be using vfork or a
 MB>> similar thing.
 JdBP> spawn() is not a system call in DOS, Win32, or OS/2 either.
Excuse me? Interrupt 21h, a certain function in range 4Ah-4Eh is called
"EXEC" and does what spawn() does in MSC 4.00 and TC++3.00 and
TC++1.01. i think 4A is a sbrk(), 4C is a _exit() and 4E is a spawn(),
in rough manners.
matju
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