Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/05/09/10:38:56
On Sun, 9 May 1999, Mohamed Saad wrote:
> what is __tb? i know it is a macro substitution for
> some thing ( and i saw it in info!). but... what is
> its use??
For an explanation why is the transfer buffer needed, see
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/eli-m17n99.html#Library
> is it just some amount of free dos memory? and i can
> just use it freely for my own purposes?
Yes to both of the above questions. For more details see section 18.2 of
the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq211b.zip from the usual DJGPP sites).
> what is its size?
The size is stored in _go32_info_block.size_of_transfer_buffer (declared
in <go32.h>). It is usually 16KB, but it can be changed with the
stubedit.exe utility.
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