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Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:41:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Hacking long file names from pure DOS
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On 8 May 2002 nobody AT delorie DOT com wrote:

> : ebp=00094f08 esp=00094ee8 program=C:\MICKEY.EXE
> : cs: sel=00a7  base=10000000  limit=0009ffff
> : ds: sel=00af  base=10000000  limit=0009ffff
> : es: sel=00af  base=10000000  limit=0009ffff
> : fs: sel=008f  base=0004a740  limit=0000ffff
> : gs: sel=00bf  base=00000000  limit=0010ffff
> : ss: sel=00af  base=10000000  limit=0009ffff
> : App stack: [00094f60..00014f60]  Exceptn stack: [00014eb4..00012f74]
> 
> What is this? App stack goes from 00094f60 to 00014f60. Exceptn stack
> from 00014eb4 to 00012f74! Wrap around?

Actually, this is normal: the stack is a push-down stack, so its bottom 
is at higher address than its top.  That's also the reason why the value
of ESP is below EBP.