Re: Compiling FreeCom

> > I need the functions _dos_getftime() and _dos_setftime()
> > After I compiled FreeCom (with some dificulty) I found that
> > these functions don't exist in TC1.01 :(((
> You'll need to use getftime() and setftime(). See the online help.

THANKS, this works. Sounds silly not to have found the functions
with a name so similar...

Now the big question: Who do I send the new COPY.C file? It
has only 8 lines added. Ah!, the bug I fixed is that when copying
a files the destination file now has the same date as the original,
except when merging files. I tested this as the standard behaviour.

> > Should FreeDom compile under BC31? (the command.com generated
> > crashes for me)
> It should but I never tried it. But I suspect you might need to recompile
> SUPPL then too.

Never mind. It is not worth the trouble (the problem is probably with the
patches applied to the final binary). IMHO the only worthy effort
would be to compile it with OpenWatcom because it has no redistribution
limitation. For now it is quite ok to have a link to Borland's museum, but
what if they remove it from there? On the other side, some of us (including
myself) have licenced BC31. Just thinking aloud...

BTW, I am having 

Alain