Date   : Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:32:37 +0200
From   : kortink@... (John Kortink)
Subject: *INFO (etc) on a Master

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:37 +0100, "Mark Haysman"
<jumbos.bazzar@...> wrote:

>*INFO (and other commands I know, but let's take one as an example) is built 
>into the MOS on a Master. On a Beeb, I process that command in my filing 
>system okay, but plug that FS into a Master, and it's just returning with a 
>command prompt. I'm assuming that it either tries to fetch the data itself 
>and process it, but I can't find out how it's doing that, it doesn't seem to 
>be calling OSGBPB &8 for the Directory or making other system calls for the 
>file info.
>
>Is this a service that needs to be supported, or an I missing something very 
>simple?

The Master MOS does catch *Info and *Ex, but relays
execution to the (current or temporary) filing system.
The command tail pointer is passed in X and Y to OSFSC
9 (EX) and 10 (INFO).


John Kortink

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