duggan@ecs.umass.edu (05/28/91)
Hello, I encountered a problem this weekend, which I hope to be able to solve myself. It is most likely in the book. I unfortunately did not have the book at home. I was working on an IBM PS/2 Model 70 in the MS/DOS window of OS/2 or I was booting in MS/DOS off of a floopy. I was using TURBOC version 2.0 ( tell me its outdated!). The problem occurred when I was using the directory function within the TURBOC program. I used the parent directory, C:\, as a test case and the program came up with only 68 files. There were 80 files. I noticed that the files not recognized appeared to be OS/2 oriented. C:\OS2 was not located for one. The question is simple is there one generic file format for files under PCs or is there not. And if, as I presume, there is not, then how do I get my program to recognize directories that were created in OS/2 while using the MS/DOS programs. Is this due to the version of the TURBOC compiler I am using? Could I correct this using a newer version of the compiler? Or do I need an entirely different compiler say MICROSOFT C or IBM C? I need to be sure that I am accessing all available files or at least have that ability if needed. If I can not see a directory, I can not use it. Any help on this is as always greatly appreciated, John F. Duggan Internet: DUGGAN@ECS.UMASS.EDU Bitnet: DUGGAN@UMAECS remember each generation only gets better than the previous one or is it true that history does repeat itself?