Subj : *.SYS and pascal
To   : Donald Tidmore
From : Dennis Collins
Date : Thu Feb 22 2007 06:38 pm

DT> Why can't the DOS programs create a sub-directory on the
DT> hard drive they are being used on, and use that for storage
DT> of its data files? I just can't imagine there is ANYONE who
DT> is using a system that does not have a hard drive in it. I

It is doing this at the moment BUT the routines are doing a continuous loop
looking for a semaphore file and only exiting when it is found thus the HD is
continually active. This is creating a problem with other nodes when they
attempt to access the same folder especially when trying to read/write a file
that is assigned as a global semaphore file and uses LOCK/UNLOCK routines.

I am going to try tonight to put in a timed delay into the loop.

cheers Dennis

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