From: Greg Thomas <thomasgd AT omc DOT bt DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Async COM managing
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:57:06 +0000
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:16:07 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in article
<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1001227141432 DOT 10199C AT is>:

>No, I don't think so.  You need to say "start myprog.exe", to make 
>myprog.exe run in a different DOS box.  Then, when myprog.exe exits, its
>DOS box will close, and the COM port should be freed.

On reflection, I agree. It is Windows handling the locking of the
port, not command.com - I was getting hung up with a
mis-interpretation of "When command.com exits the DOS session ends and
the port is deallocated."

Greg
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