From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: _dos_findfirst
Date:	23 Jan 2001 14:24:00 GMT
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Terje <pingping AT start DOT no> wrote:
> unsigned int _dos_findfirst(char *name, unsigned int attr, struct find_t
> *result);
[...]

> Could anyone tell me what *result returns?

The docs can, if you read them a bit more carefully...

[...]
> But this is not of importance, I just want to know what the
> result.wr_time holds, if its seconds since midnight or something
> like that.

More 'something like that'. Look up the help of the function one level
higher in abstraction, findfirst(), and you'll see that it's a
bitfield.  There's a comment saying how many of the bits of the field
are used for hours, minutes and seconds, each.

If all else fails, consult Ralph Brown's Interrupt List.
_dos_findfirst() is a direct DOS interrupt call, anyway, so its
behaviour is exactly what RBIL says it is, including any returned
information.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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