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to: David Nugent
from: Grant Beattie
date: 1994-12-01 09:37:28
subject: detecting OS/2 and share support etc

Hi David,

 > How can I detect whether my program is running under a multitasker or if
 > SHARE support is present etc?

 DN> Ralf Brown's interrupt list - INT 2Fh. There are calls there
 DN> to detect the presence of SHARE.  Either that or attempt to
 DN> lock a file - if file SHARE support isn't present, you'll
 DN> get a "bad system call" return code. 

Where can I get this? I already have Tasker.C from Snippets...:)

Regards,
Grant

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