Subj : Bug in internal DosFindF
To : Eddy Thilleman
From : Lee Aroner
Date : Sat Mar 31 2001 09:11 am
LA>> The DOS support in OS/2 does appear to use a badly written
LA>> FindFirst/FindNext call, however it has a serious bug that
LA>> results in a return of a maximum of about 38,000 files per call.
JdBP>> That's interesting. From what did you deduce this ?
LA> From an easily reproducible error from a search routine in a DOS app I
LA> wrote years ago, which we had a discussion about two years or so ago.
ET> This demonstrates that you didn't read my original post at all. :)
...and the original response, which you didn't read at all, WAS
NOT TO YOU, IT WAS TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO *DID* COMMENT ON THE DOS
FINDFIRST/FINDNEXT.
Got it?
Feeling a bit snippy today Eddy?
LRA
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