[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Obtaining FILES= and BUFFERS= from a program

connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (04/06/87)

I know it can be done, since I have an example program which displays
this information, as well as 10,000,000 other things.  If forced I'll
trace through the thing, but maybe somebody out there knows the answer.

How can I get the FILES=xx and BUFFERS=xx info from a program?  I need
to be able to generate warnings if these values are too low...

...Glenn
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Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
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cim2@pyuxv.UUCP (04/07/87)

The easy (;-) way to do it is to open config.sys and scan
through it looking for BUFFERS=nn and FILES=nn - we do this on our
install scripts, as well as checking for things like ANSI.SYS
being installed.

Its pretty easy to do - we just use a little C language scanner.
I'm sorry, but the code is proprietary Bellcore so I can't send it
to you. (:-()

There is probably some obscure DOS service to do it, but why bother
writing assembler ?

Robert L. Fair, CHC
Bell Communications Research
Piscataway  NJ
ihnp4!pyuxv!cim2