Date: Tue, 4 Feb 92 08:34:46 EST
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: ressler AT galileo DOT ifa DOT hawaii DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Function similar to Turbo C's coreleft()???
Status: O

>Is there a __simple__ way of figuring out how much physical RAM is available
>to a program, something like coreleft() and farcoreleft() in Turbo C? For
>instance, something that would let me write

No there isn't, but it will be added in a future release - probably
about the same time that I teach malloc() how to return null.

>I know that debug32 can figure this out, but I assume that it uses Turbo C
>functions to examine base memory, xms memory, etc. whereas I wish to do it
>from gcc directly. Any tips are greatly appreciated ...

Debug32 IS the extender when you use it, so of course it knows what's
out there.

DJ
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