Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:51:37 -0500
Message-Id: <199612201351.IAA28234@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: tw104 AT york DOT ac DOT uk
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <851046386snz@tsys.demon.co.uk> (tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk)
Subject: sbrk & brk


> BTW, does sbrk() stand for anything?  I think I've worked out what it does,
> but I'm damned if I can work out what it _means_!

In Unix parlance, the "break" is the highest address your program
can access.  Accesses above that bread :-).

The brk() function sets the break to a specific value.

The sbrk() function adds or removes an amount to/from the break.