From:	Jari Oksanen <jari DOT oksanen AT helsinki DOT fi>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: system(): program too large
Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 1997 08:04:51 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Jari Oksanen wrote:
> 
> > I have tried to run another program from a djpgg program using system(),
> > but MSDOS tells me that the program is too large to the memory (the
> > error message is in a very strange language, and I don't know the
> > accurate English phrasing). I have no problems using system() to run
> > programs compiled with djgpp, or programs my mate has compiled with
> > Lahey Fortran90, though they are larger than the program I need to run.
> > Only this one old program compiled with an unknown compiler causes
> > problems. MSDOS command MEM (invoked with the same system() command)
> > says that the largest executable program size should be 550K, and the
> > program I try to run is 273K, and still it is too large. Any advice?
> 
> Can you run that same program from the DOS prompt?

Yes, I can. It runs smoothly and quickly from the DOS prompt. 
-- 
Jari Oksanen -- Lahtis, Finland / Luokta, Suopma / Lahti, Häme.

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