To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Need "fancy" trick...
Message-ID:	<19961226.233626.4983.3.chambersb@juno.com>
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From:	chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:32:05 EST

On Wed, 25 Dec 96 22:33:52 PST Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net> writes:
[big snip]
>Eli, my understanding of system() and the spawn() functions leads me 
>to =
>belive that the program that issues those calls could be swapped out 
>of =
>memory.  This would be VERY bad.  If that is not the case, I'm still 
>susp=
>icious.  It's just _too_ easy of a solution. ;)
>
Why not just lock the memory?  That way, it never get's swapped to disk. 
Hurts the available memory, but works.

...Chambers

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