From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: How to reduce .EXE file size using RHIDE?
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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 02:46:01 GMT
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On 13 Jul 2000 23:22:45 +0530, Prashant TR <tr AT eth DOT net> wrote:

>"Michael Citron" <michaeljnc AT earthlink DOT net> writes:
>
>> I've just tried using the compiler for the first time and I'm using the
>> RHIDE interface.  A small (2) function program produced an .EXE of 148K
>> as opposed to 18K when produced by Turbo C 2.0.  How can I configure the
>> options in the IDE to produce smaller executables?
>
>DJGPP is used to write large programs. Or at least that's when you can
>get the max. out of a compiler like this. There are several reasons
>for the large size. They are all in the FAQ and workarounds are also
>mentioned there.
>
>ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/faq230b.zip
>
>And yes, you could use UPX to compress the EXE (http://upx.tsx.org).

But the OP wanted an option to create a "release" project (in addition
to a "debug" project) that would automatically run UPX on the result
of stubify.

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