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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 07:17:45 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: document heap_chunk_in_mb?
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Joshua,

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:04:42PM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> "By default Cygwin imposes a 256MB memory limit. To raise this limit,
> you may create a "heap_chunk_in_mb" registry entry, for example:
>  
> regtool -i set /HKCU/Software/Cygnus\ Solutions/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb 512
                  ^^^^

If I read the code correctly, then one can also set heap_chunk_in_mb
system-wide (in 1.3.20 or later) using the following:

    regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygnus\ Solutions/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb 512
                    ^^^^

Jason

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