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Re:The structure of the special type of DOS files called dir... by stevekemp on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:46PM (#19248725)
My memory is hazy, but the way that most DOS programs handled file iteration was to use FindFirst/FindNext, and that used data in the program-segment-prefix (PSP) - which was borrowed from CPM.
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Re:The structure of the special type of DOS files called dir... by badsectoracula on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:27PM (#19250497)
Yes, the second link is essentially what "FindFirst" calls. A few lines below is the meat for "FindNext".
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