Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 23:43:12 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Running out of swap space on system() call
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

If I do a system() call to start a subshell, go32 pages everything out to
disk.  If the swap file fills up, that's it: fatal error, DOS prompt.  Is
there any way to detect whether a system call will fill the swap file without
doing it?