From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
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Subject: Re: How can I make my EXE file smaller
Date: 6 Apr 1998 23:35:27 GMT
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In article <3529440d DOT 2062431 AT news DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com>, davem2 AT ma DOT ultranet DOT com
(maranhao) writes:

>	I've just made a small graphical demo using DJGPP and Allegro.
>It doesn't do much but the EXE file is over 300k.  Why is it so big?
>What can I change to make it smaller?  Is there a command line option
>for DJGPP that will optimize the EXE for size?  Thanks for your help.

This is a FAQ.  Allegro's docs (allegro.txt) has a whole section called
"Reducing Your Executable", where it also alludes to the djgpp FAQ.  You can
read both and then there is a lot of discussion in the mail archives too.

--Ed (Myknees)