Category : Files from Magazines
Archive : VOL7N9.ZIP
Filename : TRYTD.C
Output of file : TRYTD.C contained in archive : VOL7N9.ZIP
TRYTD.C: Demo of TD.C Time & Date Formatting Functions
Ray Duncan, December 1987
Compile: C>CL TRYTD.C TD.C
*/
#include
#include
#include
union REGS regs;
extern char * systcvt(int); /* function prototypes */
extern char * sysdcvt(int);
extern char * dirtcvt(int, unsigned);
extern char * dirdcvt(int, unsigned);
extern char * tcvt(int, int, int, int, int);
extern char * dcvt(int, int, int, int);
main()
{
char *tstr; /* pointer to formatted time */
char *dstr; /* pointer to formatted date */
unsigned dirtime,dirdate;
tstr = systcvt(11); /* format current time */
dstr = sysdcvt(8); /* format current date */
/* display time & date */
printf("\nThe current time and date are: %s %s\n", tstr, dstr);
regs.x.ax = 0x3d00; /* open TRYTD.EXE file */
(char * ) regs.x.dx = "TRYTD.EXE";
int86(0x21, ®s, ®s);
if(regs.x.cflag) /* exit if open failed */
{ puts("Can't open TRYTD.EXE");
exit(1);
}
regs.x.bx = regs.x.ax; /* get file date & time */
regs.x.ax = 0x5700;
int86(0x21, ®s, ®s);
dirtime = regs.x.cx;
dirdate = regs.x.dx;
regs.x.ax = 0x3e00; /* close the file */
int86(0x21, ®s, ®s); /* BX still has handle */
tstr = dirtcvt(11, dirtime); /* format directory time */
dstr = dirdcvt(8, dirdate); /* format directory date */
/* display time & date */
printf("\nThe TRYTD.EXE file time and date are: %s %s\n",
tstr, dstr);
}
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