Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 13:27:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: system(): program too large
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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?