From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Updating the program caller's environment from the called program
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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:53:49 GMT
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:23:44 +0200, "west.usenetserver.com"
<glenm AT myself DOT com> wrote:

>
>> Within the limits of 'documented' DOS services, you can't do that. You
>> have to do some dirty undocumented tricks to walk the chain of memory
>> blocks managed by DOS, and find the environment of the calling
>> program. One big problem with this is that this environment block will
>> often not have enough 'slack' space to store big changes in,
>> i.e. you'll likely end up with 'out of environments space' situations.
>
>True enough...  Any idea where one can find these "undocumented tricks"?

Google.com?

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