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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 10:24:50 BST
From: watersm1_at_kapiti02 AT kapiti DOT co DOT uk
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To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: djgpp memory requirements

     I have used djgpp to port CVS, RCS and diff to DOS, but to get the 
     programs to run requires 550k of free conventional memory. This I 
     assume is because CVS spawns a chain of programs. For example,
     the cvs update operation spawns:
     
                cvs -> rcsmerge -> diff3 -> diff
     
     Does the above command result in 4 memory resident copies of go32 
     (Even though the rest of the program is swapped out ) ?
     
     Does anyone have any ideas for reducing memory requirements ?
     
     Also, to get acceptable performance I need to set GO32TMP to a ram 
     drive. Is there any way to get go32 to use memory instead of swapping 
     out to disk?