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Re: EOF markers in III+

At 10:25 AM 4/5/97 EST, Robert wrote:
>
>Have you tried doing this where BOGUS is a nonexistent filename? In MS-DOS,
>PC-DOS, Win95 DOS, and OS/2-DOS, it is NOT necessary to create a dummy or
>empty file called "bogus" (or any other name). In fact, the whole charm of
>this method is that it requires no special tools or preparation, merely the
>knowledge that file BOGUS does NOT exist!

I tried. 4DOS gives an error message ("file not found c:\bogus"). Then I
unloaded 4DOS and used the underlying MS-DOS. Result: no error message.

Regards,
Harry

Harry Binswanger
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