disable

Syntax

#include <dos.h> int disable(void);

Description

This function disables interrupts.

See section enable.

Return Value

Returns nonzero if the interrupts had been enabled before this call, zero if they were already disabled.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	No
POSIX	No

Example

int ints_were_enabled; ints_were_enabled = disable(); . . . do some stuff . . . if (ints_were_enabled) enable();