Microsoft KB Archive/32055

Rename FCB Incorrect in Norton Book ID Number: Q32055

3.2x 3.30x MS-DOS docerr

Summary: In the Microsoft Press book, “The Peter Norton Programmer’s Guide to the IBM PC”, Page 281 of the “Function 23 (Hex 17): Rename File” section incorrectly states that the new filename to be used in the FCB begins at Offset 16. In this FCB structure, the old filename ends at Offset 11 and a 5-byte reserved area precedes the new filename, which causes the new filename to begin at Offset 17. The Rename FCB structure for Interrupt 21H, Function 17H should look like the following: