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Message   Neil J Marshall    Richard Glidden   Re: [VirtualNET open?]...   July 24, 1995
 3:38 PM *  

Re: Re: [VirtualNET open?]...

>   Unless they add a display to show the amount of free memory.  Then you have
> a problem. =)  Errorlevels are much more reliable.  Checking the directory
> using DOS function calls to see if .PKT files are there is much better.  Usin
> a log file, such as DSZ.LOG, which basically a "Standard" format is better...
> I've just always found that it is much better to not rely on something that
> isn't either directly in your control, or accepted as a major standard (such
> as the DOS Int 21h Functions).

Which is what I use for finding file sizes, file dates, checking the
existance of files and directories and so on.

Neil J Marshall.

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