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File Processing: Assembly Language Programming

This document discusses file handling in assembly language programming. It describes file handles, predefined file handles for standard input/output, common file errors, and functions for opening, closing, reading from, and writing to files using DOS interrupts including parameters and return values. These functions allow programs to manage files through operations like creating, opening, reading, writing, and closing files.

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File Processing: Assembly Language Programming

This document discusses file handling in assembly language programming. It describes file handles, predefined file handles for standard input/output, common file errors, and functions for opening, closing, reading from, and writing to files using DOS interrupts including parameters and return values. These functions allow programs to manage files through operations like creating, opening, reading, writing, and closing files.

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File Processing

Assembly Language Programming


File Handle
• An integer assigned to a file by DOS
• Used to refer to the file in programs
• DOS provides file handle functions to
manipulate files
› These are available through the DOS interrupt
(21h)

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Predefined File Handles
• DOS manages standard input output devices
through these handles
› 0 keyboard (stdin)
› 1 screen (stdout)
› 2 error output (stderr)
› 3 auxiliary device
› 4 printer

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File Errors
• Many file handling • 1 invalid function number
• 2 file not found
routines return an
• 3 path not found
error code • 4 no free handles
› carry clear indicates no • 5 access denied
error • 6 invalid handle
› carry set indicates an • C invalid access code
error • F invalid drive
› AX will contain an • 10 can't remove current dir
error number • 11 not the same device
• 12 no more files to be found
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Opening a File
• Create new file • Open Existing
› AH is 3Ch › AH is 3Dh
› DS:DX is the address › DS:DX is the address
of filename (ASCIIZ)
of filename (ASCIIZ)
› AL is access code
› CL is attribute • 0 read
• Returns file handle in • 1 write
• 2 read/write
AX or error code 3, 4,
or 5 • Returns file handle in
AX or error code
2,4,5,12
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Closing a File
• Closing a file frees the file handle and
updates file info (size, timestamp) in
directory
› AH is 3Eh
› BX is the file handle
• Returns error code 6 in AX if unsuccessful

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Reading a File (or keyboard)
• Read a File • If a file is open for
› AH is 3Fh reading, this function
› BX is file handle will copy a specified
› CX is number of bytes to number of bytes from
read
the file to a memory
› DS:DX is address of
buffer
buffer
• Returns number of bytes • EOF is detected by
read in AX or error code comparing CX and
5 or 6 AX after the read
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Writing to a File (or screen or
printer)
• Write File • This function sends
› AH is 40h one or more bytes to a
› BX is file handle file that is open for
› CX is number of bytes to output
write
• A full disk will result
› DS:DX is address of
bytes to be written in less than the
• Returns number of bytes specified number of
written in AX or error bytes being written
code 5 or 6
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