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From: Mihai Moise <moisemih AT ift DOT ulaval DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: malloc and free question
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:57:00 -0400
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J.J. Pierson wrote:
> 
> This is probably more of a general C question, but since I'm using DJGPP,
> I figured I'd ask it here in case DJGPP handles it a specific way.
> If I use malloc, do I have to use free to free the memory for them when I
> quit the program, or does it do that automatically? Thanks in advance.
> 

When you quit a program, all memory previously allocated is freed. In
UNIX, open file descriptors are also closed.

(else programmmers would go crazy! )

Mihai
Lie down, lie down young yeoman,
What use to rise and rise?
Rise man a thousand mornings
And then at last he lies,
  And then the man is wise.
		A.E. Housman

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