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  • ▼Advanced MS-DOS Programming
    • Title Page
    • ▶Introduction
    • ▶PART 1 PROGRAMMING FOR MS-DOS
    • ▼PART 2 MS-DOS FUNCTIONS REFERENCE
      • PART 2 MS-DOS FUNCTIONS REFERENCE
      • Notes to the Reader
      • Int 21H Function Summary by Number
      • Int 21H Function Summary by Category
      • Int 20H [1.0] Terminate process
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 00H Terminate process
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 01H Character input with echo
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 02H Character output
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 03H Auxiliary input
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 04H Auxiliary output
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 05H Printer output
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 06H Direct console I/O
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 07H Unfiltered character input without echo
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 08H Character input without echo
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 09H Display string
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0AH (10) Buffered keyboard input
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0BH (11) Check input status
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0CH (12) Flush input buffer and then input
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0DH (13) Disk reset
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0EH (14) Select disk
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 0FH (15) Open file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 10H (16) Close file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 11H (17) Find first file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 12H (18) Find next file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 13H (19) Delete file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 14H (20) Sequential read
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 15H (21) Sequential write
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 16H (22) Create file
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 17H (23) Rename file
      • Int 21H Function 18H (24) Reserved
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 19H (25) Get current disk
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 1AH (26) Set DTA address
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 1BH (27) Get default drive data
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 1CH (28) Get drive data
      • Int 21H Function 1DH (29) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 1EH (30) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 1FH (31) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 20H (32) Reserved
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 21H (33) Random read
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 22H (34) Random write
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 23H (35) Get file size
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 24H (36) Set relative record number
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 25H (37) Set interrupt vector
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 26H (38) Create new PSP
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 27H (39) Random block read
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 28H (40) Random block write
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 29H (41) Parse filename
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 2AH (42) Get date
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 2BH (43) Set date
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 2CH (44) Get time
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 2DH (45) Set time
      • Int 21H [1.0] Function 2EH (46) Set verify flag
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 2FH (47) Get DTA address
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 30H (48) Get MS-DOS version number
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 31H (49) Terminate and stay resident
      • Int 21H Function 32H (50) Reserved
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 33H (51) Get or set break flag, get boot drive
      • Int 21H Function 34H (52) Reserved
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 35H (53) Get interrupt vector
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 36H (54) Get drive allocation information
      • Int 21H Function 37H (55) Reserved
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 38H (56) Get or set country information
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 39H (57) Create directory
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3AH (58) Delete directory
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3BH (59) Set current directory
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3CH (60) Create file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3DH (61) Open file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3EH (62) Close file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 3FH (63) Read file or device
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 40H (64) Write file or device
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 41H (65) Delete file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 42H (66) Set file pointer
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 43H (67) Get or set file attributes
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) IOCTL (I/O control)
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 00H IOCTL: get device information
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 01H IOCTL: set device information
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 02H IOCTL: read control data from character device driver
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 03H IOCTL: write control data to character-device driver
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 04H IOCTL: read control data from block-device driver
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 05H IOCTL: write control data to block-device driver
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 06H IOCTL: check input status
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 07H IOCTL: check output status
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 08H IOCTL: check if block device is removable
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 09H IOCTL: check if block device is remote
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 0AH (10) IOCTL: check if handle is remote
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 0BH (11) IOCTL: change sharing retry count
      • Int 21H [3.2] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 0CH (12) IOCTL: generic I/O control for character devices
      • Int 21H [3.2] Function 44H Subfunction 0DH (13) IOCTL: generic I/O control for block devices
      • Int 21H [3.2] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 0EH (14) IOCTL: get logical drive map
      • Int 21H [3.2] Function 44H (68) Subfunction 0FH (15) IOCTL: set logical drive map
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 45H (69) Duplicate handle
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 46H (70) Redirect handle
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 47H (71) Get current directory
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 48H (72) Allocate memory block
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 49H (73) Release memory block
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4AH (74) Resize memory block
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4BH (75) Execute program (EXEC)
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4CH (76) Terminate process with return code
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4DH (77) Get return code
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4EH (78) Find first file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 4FH (79) Find next file
      • Int 21H Function 50H (80) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 51H (81) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 52H (82) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 53H (83) Reserved
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 54H (84) Get verify flag
      • Int 21H Function 55H (85) Reserved
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 56H (86) Rename file
      • Int 21H [2.0] Function 57H (87) Get or set file date and time
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 58H (88) Get or set allocation strategy
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 59H (89) Get extended error information
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 5AH (90) Create temporary file
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 5BH (91) Create new file
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 5CH (92) Lock or unlock file region
      • Int 21H Function 5DH (93) Reserved
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5EH (94) Subfunction 00H Get machine name
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5EH (94) Subfunction 02H Set printer setup string
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5EH (94) Subfunction 03H Get printer setup string
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5FH (95) Subfunction 02H Get redirection list entry
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5FH (95) Subfunction 03H Redirect device
      • Int 21H [3.1] Function 5FH (95) Subfunction 04H Cancel device redirection
      • Int 21H Function 60H (96) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 61H (97) Reserved
      • Int 21H [3.0] Function 62H (98) Get PSP address
      • Int 21H [2.25 only] Function 63H (99) Get DBCS lead byte table
      • Int 21H Function 64H (100) Reserved
      • Int 21H [3.3] Function 65H (101) Get extended country information
      • Int 21H [3.3] Function 66H (102) Get or set code page
      • Int 21H [3.3] Function 67H (103) Set handle count
      • Int 21H [3.3] Function 68H (104) Commit file
      • Int 21H Function 69H (105) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 6AH (106) Reserved
      • Int 21H Function 6BH (107) Reserved
      • Int 21H [4.0] Function 6CH (108) Extended open file
      • Int 22H [1.0] Terminate handler address
      • Int 23H [1.0] Ctrl-C handler address
      • Int 24H [1.0] Critical-error handler address
      • Int 25H [1.0] Absolute disk read
      • Int 26H [1.0] Absolute disk write
      • Int 27H [1.0] Terminate and stay resident
      • Int 28H Reserved
      • Int 29H Reserved
      • Int 2AH Reserved
      • Int 2BH Reserved
      • Int 2CH Reserved
      • Int 2DH Reserved
      • Int 2EH Reserved
      • Int 2FH [3.0] Multiplex interrupt
      • Int 2FH [3.0] Function 01H Print spooler
      • Int 2FH [3.2] Function 02H ASSIGN
      • Int 2FH [3.2] Function 10H (16) SHARE
      • Int 2FH [3.3] Function B7H (183) APPEND
    • ▶PART 3 IBM ROM BIOS AND MOUSE FUNCTIONS REFERENCE
    • ▶PART 4 LOTUS/INTEL/MICROSOFT EMS FUNCTIONS REFERENCE
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