From: Scott <drmemory@3rivers.net>
To: Frantisek Hanzlik <franta@hanzlici.cz>
Cc: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DOS program recording it's parameters and environment?
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:17:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120118191754.GE765@drmemory.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F17112A.8020600@hanzlici.cz>
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 07:36:26PM +0100, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:46:25 +0100
> > Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> >
> >> For example: closed-source DOS program which i'm using start windows
> >> program WINPROG.EXE with parameters "C:\path\file /A delay=5".
> >
> > Have you considered using "strings progname.exe" and see what you can find that
> > way?
>
> There is violent that DOS program assemble parameters ("command line") for
> program which will execute dynamically, "strings" in this case will not be
> very usefull.
Franta,
I think that Frank is suggesting to use the "strings" not on
WINPROG.EXE but on the closed-source DOS program that calls
it. Wouldn't "strings" then show the command-lines which it is using?
Maybe I'm way off base here....
Scott.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-18 19:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-18 5:20 DOS program recording it's parameters and environment? Frantisek Hanzlik
[not found] ` <4F16E21B.9030804@gmail.com>
2012-01-18 17:46 ` Frantisek Hanzlik
2012-01-18 17:55 ` Frank Cox
2012-01-18 18:36 ` Frantisek Hanzlik
2012-01-18 19:17 ` Scott [this message]
2012-01-27 12:01 ` Paul Crawford
2012-02-16 18:54 ` Frantisek Hanzlik
2012-02-16 21:01 ` Paul Crawford
2012-02-16 21:34 ` Frantisek Hanzlik
2012-02-17 1:57 ` Samuel Bronson
2012-02-17 22:29 ` Scott
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