[2139] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: afs/windows/"virtual (windows) afs drives"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mdw@umich.edu)
Fri Oct 29 21:14:19 1993
To: "Curtis P. Yeske" <cy13+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Cc: Info-AFS@transarc.com, "Daniel R. Rehak" <rehak+@andrew.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Oct 93 13:56:34 EDT."
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 19:01:09 -0400
From: mdw@umich.edu
The reason why files don't show with PCVENUS under MS Windows,
is because Windows moves the DTA & its contents around
between the int 21h call for FindFirstFileASCIIZ and
the int21h call for FindNextFileASCIIZ. Up until DOS 3.1,
moving the DTA was a no-no, and PCVENUS incorporates
this assumption. Around the time of DOS 3.2 and Windows,
*Someone* changed this in DOS, and Windows depends on it
not being true. Cute, eh?
If you send mail to sfa-systems@umich.edu, you can get
fixes for this problem and several other problems with microsoft
applications.
-Marcus Watts
UM ITD RS Umich Systems Group
