Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/26/01:47:53
On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Gene Buckle wrote:
> I need to develop a program that will act as a "shell" or kernel to other
> applications. Writing an app that hooks an INT for communication between
> the shell and application isn't a problem. My sticking point is finding a
> good method of *executing* the application within the shell and have the
> app still be able to talk to the shell via the interrupt hook for doing
> special "system" calls such as graphics drawing, etc.
What's wrong with library functions such as `system' and `spawnXX'?
Don't they fit the bill? If you install your own interrupt hooks, I
don't think you need anything special from the function which launches
the child.
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