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From: Scott <drmemory@3rivers.net>
Subject: Re: DOS program recording it's parameters and environment?
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:17:54 -0700
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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.