From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: How to detect drives attached to a system
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> > I think this code is dangerous: it will crash under some DPMI servers
> > (e.g. QDPMI)
> 
> What doesn't crash on QDPMI?

Emacs ;-)

> Even RHIDE crashed on QDPMI.

I don't use RHIDE, but everything else works for me under QDPMI, as
long as the programs don't generate Int 24h.  If they do, QDPMI
crashes them.  (It's in the FAQ, btw: see section 22.12.)

And I won't say "even RHIDE" because RHIDE actually uses some pretty
advanced functions for some of its functionality (like mouse and the
advanced screen support).

> > `getmntent' is portable to many Unix systems.
> 
> OT: But is it portable to Win32? Mac? Be? What is?

I have no idea, but I don't expect do find `getmntent' on Windows.

OTOH, AFAIK there's no other similar function that comes close to
being portable.  If you find one, please let us know.