On 18 Apr 2006 at 15:08, Rick Cogan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernie Cosell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > How cool and how simple... but this is very strange. I can't imagine > > what "MZP" is about [or why the poster thinks that that's what the OS is > > looking for]: > > > > C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>type donothing.exe > > FOO > > > > C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>donothing.exe > > > > C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>echo ABC>donothing.exe > > > > C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>donothing.exe > > > > C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>type donothing.exe > > ABC > > > > BUT: if I do > > > > echo xyz>donothing.exe > > > > and I try to execute it, I get a popup with: > > > > command Prompt - donothing.exe > > The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal isntruction > > .... > > > > However, just > > > > echo AA >donothing.exe > > and > > echo A >donothing.exe > > > > Both work just fine. > > > > trange... :o) But cute... > > > > > MZ is the "magic number" for windows executables, found in the first 2 bytes > of the file. It must be followed by another character, thus the MZP that the > poster provided, could be MZ followed by any character. Hmm.. I figured that MZ had to be something along those lines but I don't understand why it doesn't do anything. I'd have thought that the OS would try to _execute_ whatever "P" turns into and I'd have guessed that it would've done something improper [as my "xyz", above, does]. That also doesn't account for why FOO AA and A<newline> also do nothing... [not that it matters... it is just fun that it works... :o)] /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
