XEXEC

Description

Start a binary (located in a ROM or on the current device)

Input

A & Y the ptr of the string.

Output

Returns an error if the binary is not found

Modify

• RES, RESB (kernel_create_process), TR0, TR1, TR4 (kernel_create_process), TR5 (kernel_create_process)
• KERNEL_ERRNO (kernel_create_process), KERNEL_XKERNEL_CREATE_PROCESS_TMP (kernel_create_process),kernel_process_struct::kernel_pid_list (kernel_create_process)
• DECDEB, DECFIN, DECCIB,DECTRV,ACC1M
• VEXBNK, BUFEDT, BNKOLD, KERNEL_TMP_XEXEC, BNK_TO_SWITCH, KERNEL_KERNEL_XEXEC_BNKOLD

Example

    lda #<str
    ldy #>str
    ldx #$00 ; Fork
    BRK_KERNEL XEXEC
    rts
str:
    .asciiz "mybin"

XEXEC does not manage './' or '../' calls

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Last update: 2022-11-23