From: brssp2!twuyts AT brgtw DOT att DOT com Date: Fri, 28 Jan 94 09:15:45 +0100 Original-From: brssp2!twuyts (283510-Wuyts) To: bergman AT panix DOT com Subject: Re: fseek / share Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Mark, Thx for the reply. I've checked the manual on unlink. The temporary file is created, opened, and unlinked. Then the file-desctriptor is passed on to the calling function. The unlink call on an open file should automatically delete the file when it is closed (as long as it's open, nothing happens). Still I don't understand why share doesn't let you use that file after the unlink (everything happens in the same process...). I'm not an expert on DOS and SHARE, but could somebody explain how it exactly works ? What's the effect of the unlink when SHARE is running ? NOTE : you might be interested in a program I found by browsing the net : cica.indiana.edu in /pub/pc/win3/misc/noshare.zip it is made by Martin Filteau (fm59 AT music DOT mus DOT polymtl DOT ca) and fools any program that needs share into beleiving it is running (such as Word 6). I don't know what the possible dangers are, but it works for me. Tim. ______________________________________________________ _________| Tim Wuyts |_________ \ | AT&T Network Systems Belgium ____ | / \ | +32 2 556 7405 _(____)_ | / \ | tim DOT wuyts AT att DOT com ___ooO_(_o__o_)_Ooo_______| / \ |---------------------------' | / / |"Being intelligent doesn't mean you aren't stupid." | \ / | | \ / |______________________________________________________| \ /____________) (___________\ ----- Begin Included Message ----- >From brgtw!att!emsr0.emsr.att.com!panix.com!bergman Thu Jan 27 19:03:45 1994 From: Mark Bergman Subject: Re: fseek / share To: brssp2!twuyts AT brgtw DOT att DOT com Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 12:35:00 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 525 Just a guess, but aren't you unlinking the file and then returning the file pointer? That's just the sort of thing SHARE is designed to prevent--it won't allow you to share (unlink) an open file. I'd be very interested in the source of diffs to groff when you are finished. ---- Mark Bergman Biker, IATSE #1 Stagehand, (former) Unix user support grunt 718-855-9148 I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio! Now taking CFV on: rec.motorcycles.stagehands.pet-cockatiel-owners.pinballers.ex-unix-supporters 2 So Far ----- End Included Message -----