disable

Syntax

#include <dos.h>

int disable(void);

Description

This function disables interrupts.

See section enable.

Return Value

Returns nonzero if the interrupts had been enabled before this call, zero if they were already disabled.

Example

int ints_were_enabled;

ints_were_enabled = disable();
. . . do some stuff . . .
if (ints_were_enabled)
  enable();

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