Re: INCREASE

SwiftForth provides the "normal" DOS directory management commands, DIR and
CD, used as you would expect. They generate calls to SetCurrentDirectory,
etc.

CD<cr> (i.e., not followed by any directory or path data) displays the
current path.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk_at_forth.com [mailto:talk_at_forth.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 10:47 AM
> To: Members of SF Talk
> Subject: RE: INCREASE
>
>
> Original sender: ForthCAD <mail_at_forthcad.com>
> I you type "ALL WORDS DIR" you can see the following:
>
> -----[436B] FORTH ---------------------------------------------
> DIRSTACK DIR DIRECTDLL/PASCAL SetCurrentDirectory
> GetCurrentDirectory
>
> But I don't know the stack usage... not found in any help file nor =
> sample source file... Its a big problem for a lot of native words...
>
> I try this
>
> >Z" \temp" setcurrentdirectory .
> >cd
>
> >pad getcurrentdirectory dup .
> >pad swap type
>
> Thus, probably:
>
> SetCurrentDirectory ( pszDirPath -- flag )
> where
> -pszDirPath : a null terminated string
> -flag : TRUE when all OK
>
> GetCurrentDirectory ( addr -- nszStrLen )
> where
> -addr : buffer to hold a z-terminated string
> -nszStrLen : the sz-string lenght.
>
> sorry - nothing about CreateDirectory
> - nothing about increase
>
> >From Charles Melice (Belgium)
>
>
> ----------
> From: talk_at_forth.com
> Sent: mardi 29 d=E9cembre 1998 19:40
> To: Members of SF Talk
> Subject: SFTALK
>
> Original sender: "Timmerfabriek Overbeek" <tifa.overbeek_at_introweb.nl>
>
> Which words have I to use to create, delete or change an directory?
>
> I want to increase memory. I supposed i have to do that with the
> word 'INCREASE", but swisforth doesn't know it, however you described =
> =3D
> it in
> the manual. Do I something wrong?
>
> with kind regards,
> Hugo Overbeek
> Holland.
>
>
>

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Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 21:21:57 PST