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- This utility patches ".COM" programs so that they will automatically
- perform a checksum of themselves when they load.
-
- Use: COMCHK <oldfile> <newfile>
-
- EG: COMCHK TEST.COM TEST1.COM
-
- The above line will create a TEST1.COM which behaves exactly the same as
- TEST.COM, except that it checksums itself befor running the original
- program, and aborts with a 'Corrupt image' message if it thinks it has
- been altered.
-
- At present, the program only works with ".COM" files < 64K in size.
- Source is provided... Feel free to enhance it as you see fit.
-
- The program was written in and can be compiled with MICRO-C version
- 2.1 (or greater). It should be fairly easy to port to other compilers
- or earlier versions of MICRO-C, by modifying the low-level I/O function
- calls: "open, close, read, write, lrewind".
-
- To compile with MICRO-C, use:
-
- cc comchk -flop /* Produce CAN.OBJ */
- masm/ml ecan; /* Produce ECAN.OBJ */
- lc comchk ecomchk /* Link to produce CAN.COM */
-
- This program MUST be compiled in the TINY model (.COM file)... It
- references some of its CODE as DATA in order to copy the embedded
- function into the patched output file, and therefore must have
- overlaid code and data segments.
-
- Enjoy,
-
- Dave Dunfield
-